Re: Betreft: Re: k(w)->p

>>> Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> 01/27 3:19  >>>
Ed Heil wrote:
> > An example of the other way round (p>k_w) is in Iroquoian
> > Languages (they lack bilabial stops & nasals):
> > penny -> k_we:ni   etc.
>
> I hereby withdraw my comment that I found k(w)->p bizarre.  Rob has
> just provided an example that completely eclipses its weirdness.
Seems pretty logical if /p/ does not exist.  What's really interesting,
IMO, is forms like

Christmas -> kalikimaka (Hawai'ian) where /s/ becomes /k/.  Of course,
neither /s/ nor /t/ exists in Hawai'ian.

----->
This reminds of some other features:
- there is an Amerindian language that lacks nasals.
  They say "waSitoq_0" instead of "Washington".
  That is something that struck me: a dental n replaced by
  a rounded uvular stop.
  Question: Does anybody know what language this is? I forgot the name

- A (common) change that surprises me is [s] --> [h].
  That sounds weird to me

Rob