o/u

[Michael Mccafferty]

I think you're on to something. Joe Campbell and I were discussing this
problem last night and phonetic environment did come up.

Michael

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Davius Sanctex wrote:

> [Frances] A number of people have compiled extensive lists of attested u for
> /o:, o/ and found no predictable pattern.  It doesn't correlate with length
> or with stress.
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> [Davius] What about a statistical pattern, it seems that spelling < u > is
> more frequent following labial or labio-velar consonants /p, kW/. Another
> question, what about the alternances /i, e/ in Nahuatl loanwords to Spanish?
> Is this a problem of the same type?
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