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Re: Would this consonant distribution be realistic?

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, October 5, 2002, 12:12
At 20:13 2002-10-04 -0700, Steven Williams wrote:

>Labials - [p], [m], [f], [v], [w] >Alveolars - [t], [d], [n], [s], [l] >Palatals - [c], [J], [n_j], [l_j], [j] >Velars - [k], [g] >Uvulars - [R\] (I'm thinking about adding [q] and >possibly [q_v], whatever the symbol for a voiced >uvular stop would be in X-SAMPA) >Glottals - [?] (allophonically either [?\] or [?_h
No problem AFAICS. The explanation for the lack of /b/ with a /b/ > /v/ shift seems entirely plausible. I'm more worried about the absence of [N]; many lgs lack /N/ as a phoneme, but at least have [N] as an allophone of /n/. The most famous exception would be Russian. /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)