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Re: THEORY: vowel harmony [was CHAT: Another NatLang i like]

From:Matt Pearson <mpearson@...>
Date:Friday, June 25, 1999, 6:14
Nik Taylor wrote:

>dirk elzinga wrote: >> Features >> which do trigger harmony include: fronting/backing, rounding, or tongue >> root advancement/retraction. > >Don't forget nasalization. There are languages wherein all vowels must >be either nasal or oral.
Really? I know of languages with nasal *spread* (Mixtec, for example), but I've never heard of a language with nasal *harmony*. Examples? Matt. ------------------------------------ Matt Pearson mpearson@ucla.edu UCLA Linguistics Department 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 ------------------------------------