Re: Sound changes
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 25, 2002, 17:47 |
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Teoh wrote:
>
>On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:17:27PM +0000, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>[snip]
> > The Cantonese name _Ng_? Please tell that there's a vowel missing here
> > somewhere - a word [N=] ought to be illegal!
>[snip]
>
>No, I believe it *is* [N=]. In fact, my own mother tongue has it too. [N=]
>(rising tone) means "yellow". Although in my generation, it has become
>[u~j~i~] instead.
>
Well, that leaves us with no choice - we must imprison all Cantonese
speakers as well as all older-generation speakers of your mothertongue
(which I fail to recall what it is) ... :-)
Andreas
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