Dakotan T-words and there equivalents in Siouan

[Rankin, Robert L]

I thought *s  >  /ts/ in Hidatsa and /t/ in Crow.      Bob

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In a message dated 4/24/2006 5:26:41 PM Mountain Standard Time, John.Koontz at colorado.edu writes:

	Of course, if I recall right, *t > s / __a in Crow.  And *t > sh / __ i,e
	too?

T-words in Crow are S(H)-words.  T > sh before all non-low vowels: i,e,u, and o.
 
Randy