Re: Re[2]: [tied] Spanish /fV-/ > /hV-/

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 53851
Date: 2008-02-21

>> The change f to h or h to f
>> in either way is not rare.
>> Cf. after = Dutch achter.
>
>Which is not, strictly speaking, a change [f] > [h], but
>rather [f] > [x]. English has a number of sporadic examples
>of [x] > [f] (e.g., <laughter>, <rough>). I don't offhand
>know of any examples of [h] > [f].
>
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Local Chinese in HuNan province
pronounce HuNan as FuLan
in their own dialect.

Arnaud

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