----- Original Message -----
From: Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: P- and Q-Celtic (was Re: Reasonable sound changes.)
> Hallo!
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:40:38 +0000,
> Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
> Some scholars assume that the /k_w/ > /p/ shift was connected
> with the more advanced La Tène culture and spread because
> it was considered a shibboleth of a more sophisticated population.
if I may ask...what is a /shibboleth/ ?