Re: Labial zones (and some info on my lang)
| From: | Adam Parrish <myth@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 6:28 |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, R. Nierse wrote:
> Iroquoian languages (Onandaga, Cayuga, Mohawk, Cherokee etc.) are known for
> not having bilabial sounds. Mohawk lacks even a bilabial nasal, although
> the sequence /Vu~/ sounds like [Vm]. I once heared that missionaries wrote
> that they encountered people that could speak without moving their mouth.
> Must have been an Iroquoian language.
>
Interesting. Conversely (or complementarily?) are there any
languages that don't use velar sounds?
Later,
Adam
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