[Lexicog] power of nasal consonant

['Jimm G. GoodTracks' jgoodtracks@gmail.com [lexicographylist]]

Hanjabam Surmango Shama:

In response to your question:  can a nasal consonant affect a oral consonant as the later becomes a nasal? 

Yes, a nasal vowel followed by the consonant “r” naturally affects it to sound as an “n.”   Further, a nasal vowel will affect a succeeding vowel to sound as a nasual.

In Báxoje Jiwére language (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska), a Siouan language:
-- rúmi (buy s.t.) ~ hinnúmiwi  (we buy it)  [hin-...wi (we) + rúmi (buy) 
-- Where two vowels are separated by “h, w, y, or glottal stop (^)” nasalization goes across both vowels.  Note:
    pahí (sharp) > pahínhin (thorn); 
    yán (sleep)  >  ayán ~ anyán (bed; lay on)
    ki^ín (gamble) > kin^ín (gamble; try) 


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Dear All,


I invite your suggestions to the point at which I am curious is -- can a nasal consonant affect a oral consonant as the later becomes a nasal?


thanks
surmangol

--------------------------------- Hanjabam Surmangol Sharma Department of Linguistics Manipur University, Canchipur Imphal 795 003 MANIPUR
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