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On the Non-Labial Origin of Salish Labials
Academic Work
The Straits (henceforth St) apico-alveolar affricates /č/ and /č'/ often correspond etymologically to /p/ and /p'/ in non-St Salish (with the exception of Tillamook, for which see below), while the St velar nasal /ŋ/ usually equals /m/ in non-St Salish except Lushootseed (which has /b/) and Tillamook (Ti). Otherwise, labials as such are, though quasi-marginal, not absent in St. Ti, however, virtually lacks a labial series, and Ti /h/ and /w/ are often cognate with resp. /p/ and /m/ (or /b/) in other Salish languages, but I have been unable to detect a Ti phoneme that relates to /p'/ in non-Ti Salish; I have, at the moment, no access to a Ti dictionary (and besides, /p'/ generally has a low frequency in non-Ti Salish, cf, e.g. Shuswap /#p/ : /#p'/ = 4+). In this article, I propose a method of tracing the origin of St /č/, /č'/, /ŋ/ = Ti / h/, /.../, /w/ = non-Ti /p/, /p'/, /m/ (or /b/), quoting evidence from Bella Coola and a few other Salish languages.
AW.00114
1990
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish Languages, 25, 233-265
International Conference on Salish Languages, 25, 233-265
Salish labials, non-labial origin, Tillamook, Straits Salish
Working Papers
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