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Re: Japanese phonemes (was Re: The Monovocalic PIE Myth (wasGermans have no /w/, ...))

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Saturday, June 12, 2004, 6:02
Tristan Mc Leay wrote:

> I was going to question that but Roger did a better job. Though I don't
> know if they're native or not... If it's actually true, any reason for
> it? (Reasons being basically known sound changes

Presumably some kind of sound change, but it was already the case when
the first written Japanese texts appear.