[language] Re: Sound Changes3 p>v and p>u and a>0

[H.M. Hubey]

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H.M. Hubey wrote:

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> The change of p to v which occured between the 1st-2nd centuries A.C.
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>         Pali            Sinhala
>         rupa            ruva  (form)
>         papa            pau  (sin)
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THis is irregular. So how regular is regularity supposed to be?

When I posted Tuna's Turko-Sumerian list, there were lots of complaints.
And that after 4,000-5,000 years. Now in a few
hundred years, instead of papa>pava, we have pau.

Would this pass muster normally?


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