Re: A sound change question...
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 21:40 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
> /w/ to /B/ (bilabial voiced fricative)
Spanish. Latin /w/ became [b]/[B], which could arguably be considered
phonemically /B/.
> /w/ to /b/
Again, Spanish.
> /w/ to rounding on adjacent sounds, i.e. /...wb.../ to /...b<w>.../, /Mw/
> to /u/, etc.
Of course, there's also vowel changes, such as /aw/ -> /o/. Also,
changes to preceding consonants, e.g., /tw/ -> /p/
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