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

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Saturday, January 22, 2005, 20:16
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! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/