--- Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
wrote:
> > 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.
Yes, this I knew :)
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.
I was afraid that it wasn't very likely. Do you know
what kinds of vowel changes might be likely due to
creaky voice?
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