Re: /T/ -> /t_d/?

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:09:34 +0200, Carsten Becker
<naranoieati@...> wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I have got two maybe a little stupid questions.
>
>My first question is whether ...
>
>(A) it would be likely that /T/ changes into /t_d/?
Not very likely imo. It would probably rather change into simple /s/
or even the affricative /t_s/.

>My naming language Ambrian has /T/ and /t/, but Ayeri has
>only got /t_d/. Nevertheless I think /t_d/ can develop
>easily to a fricative. So would it be ...
>
>(B) sensible at all to have a sound change if the language
>    at least in some dialects accepts /T/ (the ones near to
>    the area where Ambrian is/was spoken? I guess /T/ would
>    change to /s/ in conservative dialects, just like many
>    Germans do because they're ashamed to pronounce /T/.
*Ashamed* is totally wrong (at least for me). *Disgusted* is much more
like it.

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