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Nathaniel Ament-Stone scripsit:
> Also, generally what would you consider more "conservative" dialects
> of Arabic versus more "inventive" ones, the way you would say Cantonese
> is more conservative than Wu?
Such claims are dangerous. Cantonese may be more conservative in its
finals (which remain Tang-ish) but it has heavily simplified its initials.
After all, Wu keeps the old voiced-aspirated / voiceless-aspirated /
voiceless-unaspirated distinction.
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