Re: A sound change question...

From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
> Staving E. Notagain:
> >This has probably been asked before, but what is /w/ most likely to turn
> >into?
>
> Here are a few possible sound change sequences:
>
> [w] -> [hw] -> [h] -> [?] -> []
> [w] -> [b\] -> [h] -> [?] -> []
> [w] -> [b\] -> [b] -> [mb] -> [m]
> [w] -> [b\] -> [v] -> [f]
> [w] -> [b\] -> [p\] -> [f]
> [w] -> [b\] -> [p\] -> [p]
> [w] -> [b\] -> [b_v] -> [p_f]
> [w] -> [b\] -> [p\] -> [p_f]
> [w] -> [u]
> [w] -> [y]
> [kw] -> [p]
If we're throwing in clusters, dont forget [tw] > [s] and [kw] > [t], both from
Greek.

    *Muke!
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