Re: The Combos [hj] [hw] and [gw] in Conlangs
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 1, 2000, 10:20 |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:22:05 -0800, LeoMoser(Acadon@Acadon.com)
<acadon@...> wrote:
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> The [gw-] sound appears to be more common than either of the above. It
> seems to be in most of the Romance languages, for example. Chinese has
> it (in the unvoiced/unaspirated form). Korean seemingly has it too.
> Probably not in Japanese, despite "guai" (condition) etc.
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> LEO
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It seems to me that the {u} is /u/, not /w/, although contractions have
taken place in Japanese speech. However IIRC, /gw/ and /kw/ used to occur
in some Japanese dialects, merging with /g/ and /k/.
Jeff ....