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Re: A sound change question...

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 6, 2003, 7:59
 --- 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 ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/