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Re: wa, fa, and questions about pronunciation

From: "David Stabnow" <dstabno AT lifeway.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Cc: jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de
Subject: Re: wa, fa, and questions about pronunciation
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:18:51 -0600

> If v is the original sound, then it is easy to see how f would become v,
but then how would w come from from f or v?

English "v" is labial-dental. But it is easy to see how a *bilabial* "v"
could have lost its fricative element and become "w".

Dave Stabnow

wa, fa, and questions about pronunciation, Jonathan Bailey, 12/19/2000
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