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Query Subject:	Velarisation/Pharyngealisation of Laterals
Author:	Daniela Müller
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Phonetics Phonology

Query:	Dear LINGUIST List members, I am compiling examples of -velarisation or -pharyngealisation, i.e. an evolution of the lateral to any kind of velar/uvular/pharyngeal or labial approximant, fricative or stop, or to a back or low vowel, in any position of the word. The probably most well-known example of this sound change would be the ongoing vocalisation of syllable-final in English. I have ample evidence for this phenomenon from a wide variety of Indo- European languages, but haven’t found anything so far about languages from outside the Indo-European family, so I was wondering whether anyone knows about this process in a non-Indo-European language. This research is for my thesis, so any help would be appreciated. Of course, I will post a summary with any answers I get. Best regards, Daniela Müller
LL Issue:	22.85
Date posted:	05-Jan-2011
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