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Re: Phonotactics of Velian I, or: Phonology of Velian II: The Wrath of John Vertical ;-)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, July 6, 2007, 19:23
Quoting Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...>:

> I always thought that Bantu languages had syllabic nasals, but Wikipedia > always seems to nasal + plosive as instances of prenasalisation.
Xhosa has words like _mntu_ (meaning "human" I think), and while I don't know exactly how that is pronounced, I find it hard to believe that 'm' represents prenasalization! Andreas

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