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Mike S. scripsit: > The /u/ -> /y/ shift would likely precipitate a bunch of shifts if it > changes through to completion. No sign of it at present, probably because there is no competing sound anywhere near it. -- First known example of political correctness: John Cowan After Nurhachi had united all the other http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Jurchen tribes under the leadership of the cowan@hidden.email Manchus, his successor Abahai (1592-1643) issued an order that the name Jurchen should --S. Robert Ramsey, be banned, and from then on, they were all The Languages of China to be called Manchus.