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<DIV><SPAN class=505044516-07112006><FONT face=Arial color=#008080
size=2>Currently I am thinking along the lines of a phoneme with the
following distribution (using R as a cover term for these resonants)
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<DIV><SPAN
class=505044516-07112006> <FONT
face=Tahoma> R > n/ #__ V[-nas]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=505044516-07112006>
<FONT face=Tahoma>r/ #__ V[+nas]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=505044516-07112006>
r elsewhere</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=505044516-07112006><FONT face=Arial color=#008080 size=2>This
would be similar in some ways to the Korean distribution (n initial, r
elsewhere) and also to some groups in South and Central America (if I
remember correctly). There also has been an r/n alternation
reconstructed for some archaic stem forms in I-E. So perhaps one doesn't have to
go to far afield. It also indicates that it might be useful to look at the
exceptions to this type of distribution to see what information they might
give.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=505044516-07112006>Alan K</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-siouan@lists.colorado.edu [mailto:owner-siouan@lists.colorado.edu] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Rory M Larson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 06, 2006 9:21
AM<BR><B>To:</B> siouan@lists.colorado.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Funny
W<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><TT>Alan,</TT><BR><BR><TT>> Just a thought here, could it be possible
that these two sets, *W and<BR>*R, are the result of the loss of a nasal vowel
between two like<BR>resonants with the nasal feature being retained. For
example **waNw...><BR>*W and **raNr.. > *R <BR></TT><BR><TT>It sounds
like you have some ideas about this. Would you be willing to
share?</TT><BR><BR><TT>Rory</TT><BR><BR>
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