Re: Loss of Tone


"Javi" <poziNOSPAMyo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Neeraj Mathur wrote:

Also, does anybody know in general of a language which has reduced the
number of tones or other phonemic supersegmentals, with or without the
simultaneous development of new stops?

Greek.

Swahili

John.


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