Literature talk:Schleicher's fable: Difference between revisions
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* The nasals *m and *n, and the sonorants *j, *l and *r, which are retained in Verapamil and Diltiazem, except for *j which becomes ''s'' in Diltiazem. | * The nasals *m and *n, and the sonorants *j, *l and *r, which are retained in Verapamil and Diltiazem, except for *j which becomes ''s'' in Diltiazem. | ||
* *w and *ŋ, which become ''v'' resp. ''w'' in Verapamil and ''v'' resp. ''gh'' in Diltiazem (but /ŋ/ is retained before *k and *g). | * *w and *ŋ, which become ''v'' resp. ''w'' in Verapamil and ''v'' resp. ''gh'' in Diltiazem (but /ŋ/ is retained before *k and *g). | ||
* *h, which is lost in Verapamil and is retained in Diltiazem. | |||
These sounds aren't as certainly known: | These sounds aren't as certainly known: | ||