5 Responses to “Datapoint for feature 9 and language wals_code_tmr”

1. Geoffrey Benjamin Says:
   March 7th, 2009 at 9:44 am

   Initial velar nasals DO occur in Temiar. See Benjamin 1976: 133.

2. Greg Anderson Says:
   March 14th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

   This must totally be my fault for not checking more carefully. Being someone who works on Austroasiatic of course I know Temiar, like most AA languages except almost all Munda ones, has initial velar nasal. If Temiar is listed as not having it of course this is wrong and I am glad it was noticed. Thanks much. I was unaware that I had not listed this as initial velar nasal having. It is I guess this is sort of like the WALS entry equivalent of a typo (not that that technicality matters, it is wrong whatever the reason) since it is something I was unfortunately already aware of, but failed to see was inaccurately represented. Thanks again for catching this!

3. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online » Blog Archive » Value assignment error in chapter 9 for Temiar Says:
   June 6th, 2009 at 2:06 pm

   [...] The value for feature 9 (The Velar Nasal) for Temiar will be corrected in the next edition of WALS Online. The correct value is “Initial velar nasal”, not “”No initial velar nasal. (See also the telated blog coment.) [...]

4. Chris Hinkle Says:
   August 22nd, 2009 at 5:21 am

   Khmer also has initial velar nasals.

5. Chris Hinkle Says:
   August 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 am

   Cf Jacobs 1968, p. 7 for examples of initial velar nasal in Khmer.

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