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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: Polynesian [t] -> [k] (was: universal characteristics ...)
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Mike Wright wrote:
> Does the movement in the Polynesian languages happen with initial [t],
> or only in other positions?

In all positions.  Hawaiian has no /t/ at all, and neither does
ordinary spoken Samoan.

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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
			e'osai ko sarji la lojban
