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Re: Syllable-Initial /N/

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 5:36
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>: > > >>Ivetsian, a descendant of Uatakassi, has lots of syllable-initial /N/, >>because of a sound change that caused /g/ to become /N/ in most >>environments. I haven't figured out exactly which environments, or >>what >>happened to the other instances of /g/ if there are restrictions. I >>do >>know that /g/ does not exist in Ivetsian (altho [g] may well exist as >>an >>allophone of /k/). >> > > > In Japanese, /g/ is very often pronounced [N]. It seems to be very common.
Really? I've never noticed that.

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>