Re: vowel harmony
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 19, 2003, 9:12 |
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Quoting BP Jonsson <bpj@...>:
> [*] In some African languages there is also Advanced-Tongue-Root VH.
Indeed, it is claimed that *all* languages with advanced tongue
root distinctions have ATR-vowel-harmony. This kind of harmony
is common in the Macro-Gê languages of Brazil as well.
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