--- JS Bangs wrote:
> Isidora Zamora sikyal:
> > The second thing that I think I will do (because it seems more
> > natural to me -- and I have less trouble pronouncing the result)
is,
> > in /emi-uma/, instead of turning the /u/ into a glide, I will turn
> > the /i/ into one. So we have the form <emyuma> 'to not die' (or
'not
> > to die' for those who will not split their infinitives)
>
> Is it the first member of a sequence of high vowels that gets turned
> into a glide, or is it always /i/. We've established that /iu/ turns
to
> [ju]--now does /ui/ turn to [wi] or [uj]. I think making it [wi] is
> more consistent, but either is possible.
Hmm. Somehow I missed Isadora's message. Anyways, my thoughts: It's a
known tendency for languages to prefer syllable-initial consonants to
syllable-final ones, so it makes sense to me that /iu/ and /ui/ would
show up as [ju] and [wi] rather than [iw] and [uj].
Estel
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