Re: Labiovelar Phonological Identity???

That would be interesting to look at. As for Torsten's idea: er,
could you give a couple of examples in Italian with labiovelar stops?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Anders R. Joergensen"
<ollga_loudec@...> wrote:

>
> --- 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