Re: question about creaky voice

> If I have a proto-word  /Kima/ where the /i/ and the
>/a/ are creaky voiced (I'm unsure how to write that in
>Sampa), is a plausible daughter-word something like
>/KEm/?
>
>
Well, the final a dropping isn't a problem at all. Lots of languages
drop final vowels, whether they're creaky or not. As for lowering of the
i... I'm not sure if that's a likely change because of creaky voice, but
if the m nasalises the preceding vowel then it's easily possible: nasal
vowels tend to get lowered, so i~ -> e~ could explain the change.

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