Re: [tied] Re: *kW- "?"

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 40293
Date: 2005-09-22

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jedediah Drolet" <aryeh_lev@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:56 PM
Subject: [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
>


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Patrick:

Presumably, g > j in those same dialects?

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