Re: THEORY: vowel harmony [was CHAT: Another NatLang i like]
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| Date: | Friday, June 25, 1999, 20:56 |
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 25/06/99 20:28:59 , je sais plus qui a =E9crit :
> >>Really? I know of languages with nasal *spread* (Mixtec, for example),
> >>but I've never heard of a language with nasal *harmony*. Examples?
houailou (nouvelle-cal=E9donie). quite an ugly language. but nasally harmoni=
c a=20
language if there is. if a sentence begins with a nasal vowel, then =E3ll th=
e=20
v=F5wels =F5f th=E3t wh=F5le sentence =E3re d=F5=F5med t=F5 n=E3s=E3lize t=
=F5=F5. s=E3d.
m=E3thi=E3s