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Re: Synthesis of many topics

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, May 1, 2000, 18:40
dirk elzinga wrote:
> Here's a partial Uto-Aztecan cognate set for *tama 'tooth': > Nahuatl tlan-
Interesting. But, how did the Nahuatl get that way? Did the /m/ become /w/, and then was lost? And where did the /l/ come from?
> The Shoshoni word shows lenition of intervocalic /m/ to [w~].
Fascinating. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor