Dakota 'orphan'

[Rory M Larson]

Bob wrote:
> *ni is one of three 'negative' morphemes commonly found in Siouan 
languages.

I had it in mind that there was no *[n] or *[m] in proto-Siouan, and that 
the nasal consonants in modern Siouan languages are really just nasalized 
versions of *[r] and *[w] (or *[R] and *[W]).  Am I mis-remembering, or 
should the negative morpheme here be reconstructed as *riN for Siouan in 
general?

Great discussion, by the way.  Thanks to all participants!

Rory
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