--- Jesse Bangs skrzypszy:
> > /w/ to /B/ (bilabial voiced fricative)
>
> Occurs in many dialects of Russian. More accurately, the sound spelled
> with the Cyrillic letter B, which descends from *w, is pronounced [B] in
> many Russian dialects. (It also occurs in Yivrian :) ).
This is also what happens in my North Slavic conlang Vozgian. Basically:
OSl /v/ > /B/ (before back vowels)
> /j/ (before front vowels)
> /v/ (before consonants)
Jan
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