Re: [tied] Re: Slavic peoples and places

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From: tgpedersen@...

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:01 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Slavic peoples and places

> 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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