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Huitepec- resume p2
Q? where did the abnormal č's come from?
čani sobrino *saxi~
ču~ʔu~ quemar *xaʔwi~
čɨ(ʔ)ɨ cerro
čabi huarache
ču~u~ galelina
dɨʔyɨ čaa sarampion
other developments
1) *wi reduction- only 2 examples out of 9; no apparent pattern-
perhaps with dialect loans (petate, pluma) by trade
2a) *w ) m/_V~ yes, except when already reduced by #1
2b * y ) ñ/ CV_V~ yes
3) *t ) tn ) Nn yes
4) *s ) d yes but there are some s very few - loans- semana, santo, siento- se dependent 3 per pronoun see #32, 49, 72
5) *x ) s no *x retained
6) s ) šl - vant no there are no š
7a) *t ) č/_i yes 11) *e ) a mostly no- only 2 out of 8
7b) *t ) č/_ e no 12) *t ) s/_ ɨ no
check these out again carefully 8a) *t ) ty / - vant no 13) *ɨ ) i~ no
8b) *nd ) ndy / _Vant no 14) *y ) ñ/ #_V~ yes
9) *n ) ñ / _Vant no 15) *y ) 0 / #_i no
10) *o ) u yes 16) *y ) ž mostly