Re: CHAT: Historical linguistics, and soundlaws

Irina Rempt wrote:

> I don't know whether the South African [sk] is a real dissimilation
> or a reflex of the dialect of some of the settlers.
Hmm... you're right, it could be from an earlier dialect (much as
American dialects that have [&ks] come from ealier English dialects),
but I would think that originally, there had to be the dissimilation anyways
(assuming, of course, that the [sx] cluster predated the [sk] in any dialect).

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