Mixtecan thread
Re: Mixtecan thread
Oh yeah I see now that theres a palatalized alveolar in the word for "slippery". It seems significant that Proto-Mixtecan plain alveolars go to Proto-Amuzgo velarized ones. Do you have any theory about the origin of the palatalized series?
Re: Mixtecan thread
I don't know. Palatalized consonants are less common than velarized ones, and almost all the cognate sets I can find involve velarized consonants.