Re: Basque onddo

At 8:59:53 PM on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy
> <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

>> Does the sequence /kt/ > /tʃ/ due to /kt/ > /xt/ > /çt/ >
>> /jt/ > /tj/ (suggested by areal dialectology) really
>> imply palatalization of anteconsonantal *velar* /n/?

> The oddity of KC in Romance is easily seen in Rum. kt > pt
> , ks > ps (octo: > opt , coxa > coapsA);

A sequence /kt/ > /xt/ > /φt/ > /pt/ (and similarly for /ks/
is plausible and not especially odd.