Re: Hiksilipsi Consonant Phonology
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 7, 2001, 8:38 |
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At 20:31 2001-09-06 -0600, Jesse Bangs wrote:
>When combined with the y-glide, the phonemes take the following forms.
>Throughout this chart {y} represents [j]:
> py ty [tç] qy [?j]
> fy [Pj] sy hy [ç]
> phy [pç]
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>Thus, the most salient changes are /ty/ > [tç], /hy/ > [ç], and /psy/ >
>[pç]
It kind of surprises me that /sj/ does not become [S_j] as in Japanese,
else everything seems OK.
I like the fw/hw merger. I had it in one of my own langs.
/BP 8^)>
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