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In article <Jan.3.19.08.23.1993.201@pilot.njin.net>, hubey@pilot (Hubey) writes:
>As far as I know the Bulghar/Bolghar language (not Bulgarian which is a Slavic
>language) has been accepted to be Turkic for a while.  The word itself
>apparently comes from the Turkic word 'bulgha' which means to mix. The history
>book that I remember reading said that the Bulghars were a mixed
>Altaic-Iranian group with the Altaic group predominating.
>
>The Chuvash language is known as a 'lir' Turkish vs almost all the rest which
>are 'shaz' languages. The 'sh', 'a' and 'z' in most Turkic languages become
>'l','i','r' in this group.
>
>I can't understand how the 'sh' became an 'l', though. Is there any occurances
>of this in other languages?

Why must the changes all be in one direction?  Why not *L > Chuvash l, other
Turkic sh?
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