Re: American Dutch dialects

From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 63504
Date: 2009-02-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...> wrote:
>
> -BTW, if you
> google Belorussian it says it has /v/. Maybe it's the labiodental
> approximant of Dutch.

I'm wrong, it shows both /v/ and /w/ for Belarusian, but from the
little I've seen of the language, it looks like /w/ only occurs in
syllable-final position, i.e. forming diphthongs (where other Slavic
has [v] in this position).

Andrew