[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] palatalized R or fricativized R?

[Guillaume Jacques]

> Has anybody observed y [j] > r?
>

Such a sound change is very rare, as far as I know attested in some Siouan
languages (Hochank and Chiwere) and Plains Algonquian (Arapaho and
Cheyenne). See for more informations my article:

Jacques, Guillaume. 2013. The sound change *s > n in Arapaho. Folia
Linguistica Historica 34.1 :43–58.
http://crlao.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/1768/flih.2013.002_libre.pdf

I all these cases, it involves a merger of *r and *y into *r.

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Guillaume Jacques
CNRS (CRLAO) - INALCO
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