Re: THEORY: Semivowels

>=20
> I have, unfortunately, I can't remember the language.  However, this
> was, IIRC, merely a form of progressive nasalization, so that it was an
> allophone, something like [kana~j~a~pa], where the rule was that
> nasalization continued forward until it reached a stop.
>=20
Guaran=ED does something like that, only regressive. The reflexive -ja- k=
an
be pronounced either [ja] or [=F1a] depending on the vowel in the root
ja-juk=E1       'to kill each other'   a is oral
=F1a-me'=EB     'to give to eacht other'  =EB is nasal


> > My dialect of English has four
> > glides: /w/, /w_0/, /j/, and /j_0/
>=20
> I assume you mean [w_0] and [j_0]?  I don't know of any dialects that
> have a phonemic [j_0], and I don't think you've said you have phonemic
> [w_0], either.
>=20
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