En réponse à Benct Philip Jonsson :
>This is interesting as it is analogous to Japanese, where
>historically *p\ changed to /h/, but retained a [p\]
>allophone before *u (now /M/). I suspect we have to do
>with an universal which prevents the delabialization
>of [p\] before a fully labialized vowel. NB Japanese
>/h/ has a [C] allophone before /i/ as well!
I doubt it. In some dialects (Gasconic dialects IIRC), the f > h went all
the way, including in front of [w] ("fire" is "huek" there).
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
