Locative Postpositions (was Re: Mandan (again))

Robert L. Rankin rankin at lark.cc.ukans.edu
Sun Oct 24 18:43:51 UTC 1999


> Are you saying that specifically in Lakota -l is a reduction of -tu or
> -c^a ?

The -l can be a reflex of -tV, -cV or -kV.

> Is the same true of -n in other Dakotan languages?

Yes.

> Has anyone published a modern attempt at a tabulation of Siouan sound
> correspondences?

No, though such things exist, mostly inside peoples' heads.  John may have
a print out of something along these lines that was done back about 1990.

Bob



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