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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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>
> > 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 ... ?
>

BTW, what's the situation with f, v, and w in Afrikaans?


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