Re: Critique sought

artabanos@mail.utexas.edu writes:
>Usually, there are also certain vowels which pop up far more often
>than others.  If a language has a three-vowel system, it'll likely have
>/i u a/;
Is there a reason for /i u a/ being most likely in a three vowel system?
Interesting because Old Tagalog was like that, and it only had /i u a/
before the Spanish arrived and brought /e o/.


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