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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: [LLL] Dialectology
Hello List,
Since I've never been up to the original Lowlands, I'm curious. If there
even be such a border, where would the border be between the two
pronunciations of orthographic u? That is, in Dutch they say /y/ for u
whereas in German they say /u/ for u. I've heard several of the wren
presentations in the dialects in Germany, and I've heard them say /u/. If
you can make sense of this, what would be your best guess?
Ben
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties
Hi, Ben!
Still having fun south of the border?
What you are asking about is at least potentially a complex thing. In
general, /u/ and /y/ are not in complementary distribution. They tend to
depend on umlauting, which depended on the absence vs presence
(respectively) of /e/ or /i/ in the following syllable, which in many cases
later disappeared, in some language varieties earlier than in others.
I'm sure others will have more specific responses for you.
Take care!
Reinhard/Ron
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