l vs. s, sh?

[Pekka Sammallahti]

Proto-Finno-Ugric *s was replaced by the voiceless dental spirant *th  
(can't use the proper symbol) in Proto-Ugric and this was replaced by  
the voiceless dental lateral *L in Hanti/Ostyak. Its reflexes in  
present Hanti dialects are L-, j- and t-.

Pekka Sammallahti
PhD, Professor emeritus of Saami Language
Giellagas Institute
University of Oulu
Finland


Quoting jess tauber <phonosemantics at earthlink.net>:

> Hi folks. I've got a question- is historical connection between   
> laterals and sibilants/shibilants common in the languages of the   
> world? I've seen this type of thing as a sound symbolic alternation   
> in a number of different families, but am ignorant about its   
> appearance in comparisons when such alternations are not evident.
>
> In Interior Salish (Kuipers) *t'ak'l(a) refers to packing up   
> provisions for a trip- the Yahgan equivalent is ta:kasa-
>
> Then I.S. (under root *tl'aq to prick, pin, skewer, stick in) there   
> are forms that point to *tl'aq-ana7 for pocket, sack, bag. The   
> Yahgan equivalent here is gvsanux a bag, sack, pocket.
>
> In both examples the Yahgan form has the sibilant where the Interior  
>  Salish has instead the lateral (either as phoneme or feature).
>
> Jess Tauber
> phonosemantics at earthlink.net
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