Re: Labialized consonants (was Re: Some Zitwbata text)

Shalom, John!

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From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Labialized consonants (was Re: Some Zitwbata text)


> (skipped)
>
> Piat /p;at/, my conlang-sketch, has this property, except that there
> are no labialized labials, of course (or if you like, all
> non-palatalized labials are labialized).
How funny... I've got the same idea. Only dentals and velars can be
labialized (or palatalized).
e.g. {bat} [pat] 'vessel' :: {batw} [pat_w] 'land'
Phonetically all labials in P-16 are surely labialized, but phonologically
they are treated as "pure" consonants (it may be seen in their combinatory
value, because of some cluster limitations) -- so you cannot find -/kwt/-,
it's either -/kt/-, or -/kwtw/-, but -/pt/- is quite possible.

> Phonology explained at
>
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9907C&L=conlang&P=R470

Yeah, I need to post some info about P-16 (that's a working name, meaning
Project Based on Idea No. 16) too, but I've got a heavy schedule now, and
there's no comp at my home, but only at the college where I teach :-((

> John Cowan
Yitzik (Isaac A. Penzev)
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"A snake who has sense of humor, is even more dangerous"