Re: [tied] Other IE language with /w/

From: tgpedersen
Message: 41460
Date: 2005-10-17

> The native language of the Surinam creoles (blacks) is
> Sranan Tongo, a creole based on English. It has /w/, and so
> does the Dutch spoken in Surinam. This has nothing to do
> with earlier Dutch pronunciation.
>

Because ... ?


Torsten