Histling-l Digest, Vol 47, Issue 9

[Christian Rapold]

Older (and still Standard) Afrikaans /y/ and /ö (rounded e)/ became / 
i/ and /e/ respectively in some varieties.

Cheers,
Christian Rapold


On Mar 27, 2011, at 7:00 PM, histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu wrote:

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> From: Alexander Vovin <sashavovin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Histling-l] Front rounded vowel question
> To: E-Ching Ng <e-ching.ng at yale.edu>
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> Middle Mongolian /y/ and /o"/ became /u/ and /IPA omega/ in modern
> Khalkha Mongolian, Chuvash reflexes of proto-Turkic *y and *o" are
> extremely complex, *y is preserved in few cases, but in most cases it
> and *o" in all cases  are replaced by different vowels.
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> Alexander Vovin
> Professor of East Asian Languages
> Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
> University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
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> iustitiam magni facite, infirmos protegite
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> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:01 PM, E-Ching Ng <e-ching.ng at yale.edu>  
> wrote:
>> Dear all,
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>> I'm looking for languages which lost front rounded vowels, e.g.  
>> German /y/ >
>> Yiddish /i/. So far I've got Old > Middle English, OHG > Yiddish,  
>> French >
>> creoles. If you know of other languages with front rounded vowels and
>> descendants, I would be very grateful. I will of course post a  
>> summary to
>> the list.
>>
>> Hopefully,
>> E-Ching
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