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: "David Stabnow" <dstabno AT lifeway.com>
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: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
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: jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de
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: Re: wa, fa, and questions about pronunciation
Date
: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:18:51 -0600
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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
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Jonathan Bailey, 12/19/2000
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