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Re: A sound change question...

From:Muke Tever <muke@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 6, 2003, 15:36
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! -- http://frath.net/

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