Re: Slavic peoples and places

From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 7625
Date: 2001-06-14

> Interestingly, English seems to be the sole IE language to have
preserved the "original" PIE pronunciation of *w in prevocalic
positions.
>
> Piotr

Jutland Danish ("jysk") south of the Limfjord has v before front
vowels, w before back vowels. North of the Limfjord it's w-
everywhere.

Torsten

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