Areal Phonology

[David Costa]

Right. Proto-Algonquian prevocalic */h/ becomes /?/ in Potawatomi and most
Ojibwe dialects. But I think some Northern Ojibwe dialects still keep the
[h] pronunciation.

Also, [?] and [h] are in complementary distribution in Shawnee -- it appears
as [?] before consonants and [h] elsewhere.

Dave


> Rankin, Robert L wrote:

>> At some point I recall reading that *? and *h enjoyed a complementary
>> relationship in Algonquian or in some Algonquian languages.  This

> Cf. Ojibway ma?i:ngan & Plains Cree mahi:hkan 'wolf'.

> Alan