Re: A few phonetics-related q's

--- > > But there are cases where nasals are lost or
> changed before voiceless
> > sounds, so even your [an_0ta] is not impossible.
> It would more likely lead
> > over time to something like [ahta] or [a?ta] or
> [at:a].

In Nindic, I have /anta/ becoming [at:a] first and
then, diachronically, /aTa/, but that takes a while.

Elliott Lash


		
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