Re: [p]>[m]?

Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling skrev:
>
> > As a side note, Korean borrowed Chinese [v] or [w] as [m],
> > e.g. 'Taiwan' is /t&man/ in Korean (maybe this is a bit antiquated,
> > however, and nowadays it is really /taiwan/).
> > **Henrik
>
> This is probably a case of Middle Chinese palatalized
> labial stops and nasal becoming labial fricatives in
> modern Chinese, while becoming plain labial stops/nasal
> in Sino-Korean.
Ah, I see -- my misinterpretation, then.

Thanks for the clarification!

**Henrik