Re: Labiovelar stops
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 26, 2004, 13:37 |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:39:25 -0400, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> I read on this list that it is believed that /kp/ and /gb/ might be related
> to /k_w/ and /g_w/. Are there any natlangs that distinguish all four (or
> only /kp/ and /k_w/ if it lacks a voice distinction)? Incidentally, are
> there any natlangs with /Nm/?
There is at least one minor Romance language with the labiovelar nasal soud [Nm] if
not actually the phoneme /Nm/; I seem to remember it arising from assimilation
of final nasals (which are in this language phonemically /N/), with a following
labial), but the name escapes me...
*Muke!
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