101 Problems and Solutions in Historical Linguistics by Robert Blust

Author:Robert Blust
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

SOLUTION TO SOUND CHANGE PROBLEM 18

PMP to Bario Kelabit (Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo)

1. The voiced aspirates of Bario Kelabit continue earlier geminates that resulted from two mechanisms, as follows:

Gemination after stressed schwa: 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 20, 24, 26

Assimilation of medial consonant clusters: 10, 12, 18, 26, 33

Note that where gemination is fully predictable after stressed schwa in the contemporary language it is left unmarked, as with /tluh/([tl:uh]) ‘three’ or /ppag/ ([pp:ag]) ‘slap’, and that either gemination after stressed schwa or assimilation of medial consonant clusters could have played a part in some forms.

2. PMP *l became /r/ in Bario Kelabit if followed by /r/ in the next syllable; otherwise it remained a lateral:

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