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Another possibility is to change the *non* labiovelars. So, for example, one common sound change with CC where the pair are non-identical stops is to assimilate the first to the second, a la Italian: noctus > notte lactus > latte Thus: ikti > itti But, this could happen before you delabialize the labiovelars, giving you: ik_wti > ik_wti > ikti ikti > itti > itti The two changes would be the gemination change, and the whole sale *k_w > k. This would produce some interesting irregularities: k_wati > kati kati > kati But ik_wti > ikti ikti > itti And perhaps... mak_w > mak mak > mak But with a /-ta/ suffix... mak_wta > makta makta > matta So you could have two different words with the same nominative form, let's say (/mak/), but when the plural /-ta/ suffix is added, the first stem stays /mak/ while the second becomes /mat/. That'd be cool! -David ******************************************************************* "A male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a." "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." -Jim Morrison http://dedalvs.free.fr/ On Jun 2, 2008, at 1∞29 AM, Philip Newton wrote:
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Eamon Graham <robertg@hidden.email> wrote:> Essentially, I'm soliciting ideas for dealing with labial-velar > consonant clusters. My language's phonology is pretty basic, and> doesn't have complex consonant clusters, but its earlier (con) historical> stage did. For example, if I have a word such as /ik_wti/ but would> like to maintain its distinction with the a word such as /ikti/, what> might I do? I thought of turning the labial into a vowel: /ikuti/. > Another idea I had was perhaps something like /ikw@ti/. Also consider shifting the place of articulation, e.g. to fully labial: /ipti/. (I think Greek did /k_w/ --> /t/, for example.) Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@hidden.email>