Inquiry: Sound change in Western Algonkian languages

[Scott McGinnis]

In the Western Algonkian languages Cheyenne (C) and Blackfoot (B),
Proto-Algonkian (PA) *l has seemingly changed directly to /t/, i.e.,
without going through an intermediate stage /d/, e.g., PA *niilawa > B
/niisto-/, PA *ileniwa 'man' > C /hetane/. Does anybody know of other
languages where /l/ > /t/ can be similarly posited or, better yet,
where [l] and [t] are in complementary distribution?

Marc Picard
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