[tied] Re: *kW- "?"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:47:48 +0400, Koryakov Yuri
> <koryakov@...> wrote:
>
> >And is it typologically normal or at least attested anywhere for q > k?
>
> It's surprisingly hard to find attested cases. The most
> common developments of uvulars seem to be spirantization (q
> > X, x) and q > ? (as in Arabic).

Note q > g in some Arabic dialects (e.g. Gulf).

Jedediah