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Re: Syllable-Initial /N/

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 15:14
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.
> /N/ in non-English positions can be fun. :-) It's a great way to > make > an alien-sounding word without hard sounds. :-) Like, take gazh > (/NaZ/), the word for "world" in Ivetsian. >
True :)) .
> /gl/ became /dl/ which in turn became /dK\/ -> /K\/ (that's voiced > lateral fricative if I got the symbol wrong) >
No, I think you got it right :) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.

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