Re: Phonology drift

John Vertical wrote:
<<
p p' > f b'
t' > z
k' k g N > ?j c J\ J
q' q > k' k
li > L
r > G
 >>

I have to say, some of these sound changes strike me as very
bizarre--in particular, the following:

p' > b'
t' > z
k' k g N > ?j c J\ J

I suppose if all velars become palatal, that's one thing, but wouldn't
/k'/ become /c'/?  Those are a bit less bizarre than the first two,
though.  As written, they strike me as a bit implausible.  Is there
any similar natlang sound change?  I suppose p' > b' is kind of
usual, but it does strike me as kind of bizarre that with four
ejectives, this is the only one that turns into an implosive, the
resulting being a language with one ejective and one implosive.

-David
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