Diachronic behavior of velar nasal consonant

[natacha at ucla.edu]

Dear Eduardo:

Loren Trigo's dissertation "The phonological bevior and derivation of  
nasal glides" (MIT, 1988) contains much information relevant to the  
diachronic behavior of the velar nasal. The relative strength of nasal  
consonants is discussed at length by Edward Tuttle in "Nasalization in  
Northern Italy: Syllabic constraints and strength scales as  
developmental parameters" (Rivista di Linguistica 3 [1991]: 23-92].

Best regards,
Natalie Operstein

> Dear hist-linguists,
>
> I remember reading somewhere that the velar nasal consonant /ng/ tends to be
> less stable diachronically than the more common nasals /m/ and /n/, but I
> can't recall exactly where I found that piece of information.  I would
> really appreciate any suggestions on where to find information on this
> topic, as well as any examples illustrating the diachronic behavior of this
> consonant in specific language families.  [In the Macro-Jê stock, for
> instance, while reflexes of Proto-Jê *m and *n tend to be preserved as such
> in most related languages, *ng occurs as /k/ in Central Jê (thus merging
> with reflexes of Proto-Jê *k), zero in Jabuti, etc.]
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Eduardo
>


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