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Re: Missing the sky

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Friday, March 8, 2002, 0:46
From: "Joe Hill" <joe@...>
> > > oh, and H2 is the right laryngeal (probably pronounced /x/- which would > > > make > > > pH2ter /pxter/ > > > > Nice cluster isn't it? :)) This one gave short a in Latin and Greek > > (pater) but short i in Sanskrit (pitar). Is it possible for /x/ to become > > that? I wonder by which sound changes it evolved that way... No wonder why > > people can't agree on the phonetic content of the laryngeals (they already > > can't agree on their number, so :))) ). > > Yeah, the /a/ sound makes some sense, because, well, it's a back sound...and > velar laryngeals changing into back vowels aren't entirely impossible. > > Now with the /x/ to /I/ thing... > > how about: > > /x/ > /@/ > /I/ > > pH2ter > p@ter > pitar
Kirumbos (Hadwan) makes exactly this shift... /2/ (whatever it is) > /@/ > /I/ p2ter > f@cer > ficir *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/

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