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Re: Carrajena Consonant Clusters . . . MMMMM

From:Shreyas Sampat <ssampat@...>
Date:Sunday, March 30, 2003, 17:37
> M'D > nd > MB > mv
> M'T > nt > nd > M'C > nc > ng
> MPS > ns > nz > MPT > mp > mb
> M'L > mbl > mbu > M'R > ndr
> M'N > mr > mbr
What I see here is a great deal of inconsistency of process. I would suspect more homogeneity: md > nd ; mb > mb mt > nt > nd ; mc > nc > ng mps > ns > nz ; mpt > nt > nd mn > nn
> Now looking at this it seems rather chaotic. Here are some other
facts about the lang that make thees > canges trouble me:
> QU > p before aou (and f before ie)
This isn't too too weird.
> CT > p
This is bizarre. Natlang influence? What motivates this soundchange? You're pulling a feature out of nowhere and deleting a couple... it's quite odd. --- Shreyas Sampat

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