Re: /y/?
| From: | John Vertical <johnvertical@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 14, 2008, 7:16 |
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>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...
I recall reading of a Turkic or somesuch language where velars back to
uvulars before back vowels, and then /y 2/ > /u o/ so the difference becomes
phonemic? Then again, this is practically the same thing as /k/ > [tS] / _i
phonemicized by /y/ > /i/, so it might not be any more fun.
Maybe /y/ > /B=/ > /@v/ (while not changing eg. /w/ > /v/) ??
John Vertical
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