Re: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff

Paul Bennett wrote:
> 1. Post-stop nasals are realised as voiced stops at their original
> POA, ie {etnge} -> [etge]
Cool.

> 2. Pre-stop aspirated consonants are realised as fricatives near
> their original POA, ie {ethke} -> [eTke]
Cool rule.  Perhaps in a later stage all aspirates become fricatives?
If aspirates later merge with unaspirated stops, that might lead to
interesting cases with compounds, where some /t/'s remain /t/, and
others become /T/?

>   {th} -> [T]
>   {kh} -> [C](SAMPA) the sound in German "ich"
Why not [x] for {kh}, and maybe [s] for {th}?

> {ethnge} -> [eTge]
So /et_hNe/ = [eTge]?  Intriguing.

> Basic root (conceptually) : C1 V1 C2 V2
> NS: The same
> NP: C1 V1 C1 C2 V2
Does this mean that C1 is reduplicated?

I don't understand the stuff about roots.

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