Other Languages
Grassmann's Law is also known to occur in Ofo, an extinct and underdocumented Siouan language. The law is found in compounds such as the following:
- o´skha ('the crane') + afhaⁿ´ ('white') → oskạfha ('the white egret')
A similar phenomenon occurs in Meitei (a Tibeto-Burman language) in which an aspirated consonant is deaspirated if preceded by an aspirated consonant (including /h/, /s/) in the previous syllable. The deaspirated consonants are then voiced between sonorants.
- /tʰin-/ ('pierce') + /-khət/ ('upward') → ('pierce upwards')
- /səŋ/ ('cow') + /kʰom/ ('udder') → ('milk')
- /hi-/ ('trim') + /-tʰok/ ('outward') → ('trim outwards')
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