--- Joe <joe@...> wrote: > On Monday 16
December 2002 10:01 pm, Robert B Wilson
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
> Hmmm...
>
> I don't know about p > kw, but kw > p happened in
> PIE > Greek...
so did kw > t
kwis > tis
kwo:s > po:s
bn
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