> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:53:53 +0100
> From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
> No no no! It doesn't have to be final g. I was just using Danish as an
> example. I'm sure it'll work for initial g as well. In Swedish, for
> instance, some words I have heard with initial g in Danish start with [j].
> Like Danish [gi?] for Swedish [ji] "give" (or something like that).
That's a difference between the developments of Danish and Swedish
that it's useful to be aware of:
Swedish mangles the inherited onset consonants but largely maintains
final/intervocalic consonants and vowels pretty well --- and Danish is
just the other way around.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)