Re: TERMS: Umlaut-Ablaut

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:57:03 +0100, Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
wrote:

>>I'm thinking that
>>having i- and a-umlaut may be more likely than having, say,
>>i- and u-umlaut, since those could confuse roots even more
>>(what is */mys/, << /misu/ or << /musi/)?
>
>Well, if you introduced a series of _unrounded_ back vowels you could =
have
>both.  /mys/ is more likely to be derived from /musi/, and /mMs/ coul =
well
>be from /misu/.  The lips keep in their original position - i.e. rounded=
 or
>unrounded, but the tongue has moved to the position of the lost final =
vowel.

That's exactly how Jarrda developed from Proto-Raccoon: e.g., "nuni" (to
study) > "nuen" [nyn], "ninu" (group) > "neun" [nMn].

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