Re: <ll> and <y> in Argentian Spanisg (was: Chinese languages or language?)

On 14 Jan 2006 13:58:37 -0800, "mb" <azythos2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>John Atkinson wrote:
>> "mb" <azythos2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1137223225.244194.99500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> > On another note, is there some historic explanation for the Argentine
>> > ll amid the general yeismo of America?
>>
>> What's to explain? They've just progressed a little further along the path
>> than most others.
>
>Seems to me that the extreme-wet Z is at the opposite extreme from
>yeismo.

No, it's a further development of it:

l^ > j > 3^ > z^


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