Re: Further language development Q's

Carsten Becker scripsit:
> Hey!
>
> I still don't get the hang of developing Ayeri into (a)
> daughter language(s), but if I should ever do this, there
> are two things that I'm wondering about:
>
> 1)   How can I get from [4] to /R/, i.e. [X, R]?
Because they are perceptually similar, this can happen in a single
generation.  A child hears [4], produces [R], and is accepted;
the innovation spreads until everyone is doing it.  There are
very few languages where [4] ~ [r] are in contrast with [R], and
using [R] for [4] may sound funny or foreign but will probably be
easily understood (not like using [x] for [s], e.g.).

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