Re: mu for [N] (was: Koryak Vowel harmony)

Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:48:33 +0000, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
>> not all varieties of English have phonemic /N/;
>
> Eh? There are varieties where "bang" and "ban" are homophonic?
> (homophonous?) Or "sing" and "sin" are homophonous or, at best,
> differentiated by the *vowel* rather than the final consonant?
>
> That's the first I've heard of that, though I'd be interested to learn
> more. Where are such Englishes spoken that do not have /N/ as a
> separate phoneme, and what do they merge it with? (I'm guessing /n/.)
With the cluster /ng/, actually, with a posited rule that turns
/ng/ -> [N] morpheme-finally (and apparently in a few other words
like 'hangar' and 'dinghy' which either look dimorphemic, or can
be pronounced with [Ng]).

	*Muke!
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