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Re: Sorting PIE with IPA

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 12:27
Quoting Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>:


> On May 21, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Paul Bennett wrote:
>


> > Should I sort the PIE palatals (ḱ ǵ ǵʰ) with the IPA palatals
> > (c ÉŸ ÉŸÊ°) or with the k-like symbols? Should I, in fact, simply
> > consider them indistinguishable from the IPA palatals?
>
> I second the visual method. The symbols are obvious variants of the
> velar symbols, and PIEists are not in agreement that they were
> actually palatal (nor that the k and k' series were distinct).

Tangential - does anyone know of an online discussion of that question suitable
for the educated layman?

                                          Andreas