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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 02:22:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Jerome S. Colburn" <jscolbur@p...>
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Subject: Re: Modern Language Similarities to Quenya
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quenya phonology isn't particluarly "exotic": most sounds in it are found in 
> very many languages (tell me one language that don't have /t/, /p/ and /k/, 
> I certainly can't think of one). 

Hawaiian has no /t/ or any other dental/alveolar obstruents. In loan 
words from English, all alveolar obstruents get replaced by [k], e.g., 
Christmas -> Kalikimaka.

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+ Jerome S. (Jeannette E. H.-va verno) Colburn                     +
+ <jscolbur@p...>                                          +
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