Affrication Diminutive Marker (Re: butterfly)

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Cree does something similar I believe turning -t- into -c- for diminutive
uses, though I can't think of an example not having my Cree books
here.
Bruce
On 3 Nov 2003 at 13:40, Kathleen Shea wrote:

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From:           	"Kathleen Shea" <kdshea at ku.edu>
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Subject:        	Re: Affrication Diminutive Marker (Re: butterfly)

> I've found that it's true that speakers of Ponca tend to use both the
> dental-stop variant and the affricated variant of words interchangeably or
> recognize only one as the "real" form.

>