[Lingtyp] Labialization in complex onset

Mark Donohue mhdonohue at gmail.com
Thu Jan 11 05:11:03 UTC 2024


English 'score' sees rounding begin on the [k]. not the [s].

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 at 15:37, Ian Joo <ian_joo at nucba.ac.jp> wrote:

> Dear typologists,
>
> is there a language such that in a biconsonantal onset where neither
> segment involves labial articulation (such as /sk-/) followed by a rounded
> vowel (such as /u/), the lip rounding articulation *cannot* start from
> the first onset segment and must start from the second onset segment? For
> example, /sku/ where the lip rounding starts only at /k/ and cannot start
> at /s/?
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
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> Nagoya University of Commerce and Business 名古屋商科大学
> Nisshin, Aichi, Japan 愛知県日進市
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