Re: YACQ: Plausibility of a sound change
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 17, 2001, 3:14 |
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dirk elzinga wrote:
> I agree that it doesn't seem very plausible, if only because
> glottalization and aspiration involve antagonistic vocal fold
> gestures.
I dunno ... ejectives kinda sound like aspirated stops. I could imagine
the proto-Kluna hearing those as aspirated, if they acquired it as an
L2.
Of course, another 3-way system that would be definitely plausible would
be:
Protolang Kluna RA Lang
Aspirated Aspirated Voiceless
Voiceless Aspirated Voiced
Voiced Unaspirated Voiced
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