The phonetics of NCh in Tumbuka and its implications for diachronic change

The phonetic motivation for the synchronic and diachronic development of post-nasal voicing (*NT > ND) is well understood. Less well understood is the phonetic motivation for other common synchronic and diachronic developments from *NT, widely attested in Bantu languages, such as aspiration of th...

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Main Authors: Laura J. Downing, Silke Hamann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2018-09-01
Series:Papers in Historical Phonology
Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/2825