Robert B Wilson scripsit:
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> are there any natlangs that show a p > kw sound change (or a b > gw one)?
> i've noticed that a few people sometimes pronounce /p/ as [k_w] and
> /kw/ as [p] when speaking english and don't realize that they do it.
We are fairly sure that Welsh (and Breton) had a kw > p sound change;
likewise non-Latin varieties of Italic.
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