Tracing sound change in Nasa Yuwe (western Colombia)

Evidence from Andaqui (western Colombia) and Misumalpan languages (Central America)

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ID4442358
AuthorsMatthias Pache (0000-0002-9993-7076)
Year2024
Volume24
Pagese024003
Publication date2024-04-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLIAMES Línguas Indígenas Americanas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1678-0531 • E-ISSN: 2177-7160
PublisherUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.20396/liames.v24i00.8673031
OpenAlexW4396511453
LanguageEN
References cited28

This paper is a contribution to the historical phonology of Nasa Yuwe, a presumable language isolate of southwestern Colombia. It shows how a lexical comparison with two presumably unrelated language groups can help to reconstruct a sound change of *a > e in Nasa Yuwe. The two language groups compared with Nasa Yuwe in this paper are Andaqui, likewise of western Colombia, and the Misumalpan family of Central America. Whereas *a is documented as such in the Andaqui and Misumalpan forms, data discussed in this paper suggest that it has changed to e and related vowels in Nasa Yuwe

Aeronautics · Geography · Linguistics · Sound (geography · Sound change · Tracing · Computer Science · Engineering · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Geology · History · Oceanography · Philosophy

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