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Re: word derivation in sabyuka (some principles)

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Monday, July 15, 2002, 9:49
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:16, Dan Sulani wrote:
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> I, personally, would have trouble imagining an 's' followed by > a _retroflex_ 'r', such as are found in langs spoken in India. > It's too far, IMHO, for the tongue-tip to travel quickly and efficiently. > I would suppose that an 's' would show an allophonic > retroflex form before a retroflex 'r'.
But in the Indian languages you have a nice palatal /s/, hence names like Sri Lanka. I guess they worked that out, because in the Indian grammatical traditions, /r/ _is_ retroflex. Wesley Parish
> > Dan Sulani > ------------------------------------------------------- > likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a > > A word is an awesome thing.
-- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."

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