Re: The letter j\

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From: David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:10 AM

>... but it's not likely that /j\/ would maintain its voicing over the
> years, or even its place of articulation, I believe...  Might become that
"z"
> with the loop at the bottom.
Why, really? In pretty many natlangs /j\/ and /c/ are quite stable sounds.
Look at Hungarian (right, Ferko?), Latvian (that even shifts to this
position all palatalized |k| and |g| like in |k,i-mija| ["ci:mija]
"chemistry", |g,eogra-fija| ["j\eo,gra:fija] "geography"), Altai/Oyrot
(where Proto-Turkic /j/ became /j\/ as in /j\o5/ "road")...

> -David
Cheers,
Yitzik
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