Funny W

[Rory M Larson]

John:
> How would you make pm and tn uniquely likely given the distrition of
these
sets within word forms and the outcome of *W and *R in the various
branches?

I'm not as familiar as you and Bob are with the total distribution of these
sets over Siouan.  Could you suggest some actual problems that would
challenge a nasally-released stop interpretation for *W and *R?  Or which
would favor an alternative interpretation?  (If I'm understanding aright,
you favor prenasal stops: *W = *mb, *R = *nd, while Bob favors
laryngeal-semivowel clusters: *W = *?w/*hw, *R = *?r/*hr.  Correct?)

Rory
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