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Not in word-initial position, but in Galo 1p and 2p plural pronouns shift irregularly *ŋo-lu / *no-lu > ŋunu / nunu. It seems to be a case of harmonisation with the initial nasal, as 3p *bu-lu is unaffected. Not sure if that’s at all relevant to what you’re
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<b>From: </b>Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Sergey Loesov via Lingtyp <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, 20 September 2025 at 10:47 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Lingtyp] L > N<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Are you aware of a shift
<i>l</i>- > <i>n</i>- affecting the onsets of grammatical morphemes, specifically in word-initial position?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you very much!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sergey</span></p>
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