Re: Labiovelar Phonological Identity???

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Darwin Goranson"
<cdog_squirrel@...> wrote:

>
> From what I gather, the series kW - gW - gWH is simply a form of the
> series k - g - gH, but with rounded lips.
>
> Now, this would, by virtue of the sound's nature, distort the
> following vowel. Is this distortion present in any Indo-European
> languages, and if so, how does it manifest itself?
>

Old Irish stressed a > o, i > u after a labio-velar stop comes to mind.
We discussed this on the list a few months ago. Or is that not what you
meant?

Anders