Re: A sound change question...

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]

Plenty to chose from there!

Pete

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