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Re: kinsi rorotan: dialects and script

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 11:00
>From: Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
>Robert B Wilson wrote: > > /k/ is pronounced [C] before /i/, /y/, and /u/, and [k] before > > /a/, /e/, and /o/. > >Before /u/ is a strange environment for /k/ to be pronounced [C]. I'd >expect it to be before front vowels, or perhaps just before high front >vowels. That is, before /i/, /y/, and possibly /e/.
A'course, one could conjure up an historical explanation. Perhaps [i y u] used to be [i 2 y] in the good ol' days. This'd probably require that [e] also was something else, or you'd expect it to behave like [2]. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp