Re: II Silindion Returns! (Longish)

> > Labial:
> > tw  dw    pw  nw     dw  nw
> > pw  bw    pw  w      bw  w
> > kw  gw    kw  w      gw  w
> >
>Initial tw > pw??? Strange, but not impossible I guess.
    I don't think it's that strange. PIE kw > Greek p/_back, t/_front. So
tw>pw could just be labialization from the w, a standard assimilation along
the lines of np>mp.

>(snip the rest-- very interesting however.  I've got the shift voiced stop >
>continuant > resonant in Gwr; they then affect surrounding vowels-- it's one
>way to reduce 2-syl. CVCV(C) bases to CV(C), and derive 9 vowels and a slew
>of diphthongs from four vowels....still under construction.)
    Taalen does the same (i.e. reduction of consonant clusters to
diphthongs). For example, the lang's name comes from tal-ra-en, changing as
follows: tal-ra-en > tal-la-en > taa-la-en > taalen. (aa is sort of like
/aw/ - i think IPA is upturned a, have no idea what x-sampa is.

   Aidan