Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

27-01-04 14:52, elmeras2000 wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> Furthermore, I have some doubts about the plausability of a system
> that has
>> palatalization of the velar stops only.
>
> Hey, there are certainly some Scandinavian languages that palatalize
> velars and nothing else.

Old English is another example. Dorsals are normally the first target of
palatalisation, and the thing can stop there.

Piotr