Re: Kejeb root structure

Larry Sulky skrev:
> On 3/20/06, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>
>>I have written a description of Kejeb root structure at'
>><http://wiki.frath.net/Sohlob_historical_phonology>.
>>
>>Does it make sense to you or is it outright arcane,
>>or something inbetween?
>>
>>TIA
>
>
> Not arcane at all; quite straightforward, actually. One odd note: the
> name "Kejeb" contains a phoneme that doesn't exist in it. Yes?
> ---larry
Yes, actually *two* phonemes that don't exist in Kejeb
_e_ /i\/ and _j_ /dz\/.  The reason is that _Kejeb_ is
a *Sohlob* word meaning "ancient language".  The form
in Kejeb itself would have been _Kikyapa_.  Apply
palatalization, intervocalic voicing, umlaut i > e,
loss of final vowel and vowel harmony to that and
you arrive at _Kejeb_! :-)


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