Re: Laryngeals in Amhanara.
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 28, 2008, 4:30 |
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On Mar 27, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> The books I had referenced seem to have vanished from my
> library's catalog, but according to several online sources
> final /?/ induced rising tone and final /h/ < */s/ induced
> falling tone in Old > Middle Chinese.
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> In Tibetan initial /?/ and vocieless stops induced high tone
> and initial /h\/ and voiced stops induced low tone. Final
> d/t and s induced falling tone.
That's good to know; I have a conlang where high tone develops after
voiceless sounds, and low tone after voiced ones, but I wasn't sure
that actually happened in any natlang.
I actually want the tone to develop into pitch accent, but I'm not
quite sure how to go about that.
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