Re: p <-> kw

Off the top of my head, I can only think of the reverse, kw > p and
b > gw.  The p-Celtic languages are notorious for deriving p from IE
kw, as well as Osco-Umbrian.  As for b from gw, I can think of
Phrygian and apparently some of the archaic dialects of Greek had
reflexes where IE gw > b, d, or g.

Cheers,
Eamon

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.
>
> Robert Wilson
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