Re: Labiovelar Phonological Identity???

> > > As for Torsten's idea: er,
> > > could you give a couple of examples in Italian with labiovelar

stops?

> > >
> >
> > quale "which"
> > quanto "when"
> >
> Er, are those labio-velars or "labiovelar + w"s ? What would
> constitute the difference soundwise? (If possible, could you give
> examples to explain?)

Whatever they are, they're from Latin qu- which is from PIE *kW. But
the /a/ has not been influenced by it, it's still /a/, in spite of your
contention.


Torsten