Re: /y/?
| From: | T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 14, 2008, 7:40 |
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John Vertical wrote:
>> Oh, also I forgot Korean, where I think /y/ and /2/ have generally
>> become in recent times /wi/ and /we/. That's almost boring, but invites
>> the possibility of a suffix apparently causing an epenthetic segment at
>> a distance (e.g. ti+pas > twipas).
>>
>> --
>> Tristan.
>
> And the opposite difthongization to /ju/ is 'fcors also attested, in French
> loans to ME...
Actually, the nativisation of French /y/ into Middle English was /iw/.
iw > ju: is a later (Modern) change that didn't happen in in all
dialects. This is a nativisation, though, and not a sound-change, so
it's not necessarily a good example of what sound changes are possible.
--
Tristan.
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