Re: Basque onddo

At 6:07:12 PM on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>> 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.

> Then why Nn > mn ?

Why not? It's analogous to the middle step of the other
sequences, and the first and last steps can't apply.