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Re: Long "k" in North vs West Germanic (was Re: German+Hungarian question)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, September 4, 2005, 1:34
Quoting Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>:

> On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:53:31 -0400, Stephen Mulraney > <ataltane.conlang@...> wrote: > > > On 9/3/05, Joe <joe@...> wrote: > >> > >> Well, 'c' is quite rare in German outside the combination 'ch'. > > > > And 'ck' :) > > Is this a distinguishing trait between North and West Germanic, that the > former will have (etymological?) long-k as |kk| and the latter will have > (etymological?) long-k as |ck|? I have done zero research, but the idea > just struck me.
Nope. Swedish writes |ck|. Andreas