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Re: [PEER REVIEW] Mutations and sound changes (longish)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, October 31, 2002, 18:26
At 09:04 31.10.2002 +0100, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>: > > > Well, I've thought a little more about it and decided that > > Proto-Enamyn did > > have approximants after all. (They were just hiding in the corner.) > > This > > simplifies matters somewhat without adding too much work. All I need to > > do is > > figure out how lenition would affect /w r\ j/, if at all. Suggestions? > > > >Not affected, or just disappear. Since approximants are the most 'lenited' >consonants you can find, it just makes sense that lenition wouldn't affect >them >any longer, or that it would make them disappear entirely.
In Welsh, IIANM, initial *w in "strong" position was even strenthened to /gw/. Those expert in Welsh (or Brithenig :-) can probably confirm or correct this. / B.Philip Jonsson B^)> -- mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No man forgets his original trade: the rights of nations and of kings sink into questions of grammar, if grammarians discuss them. -Dr. Samuel Johnson (1707 - 1784)

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