Re: Kentum/satem (was: The future of Sturnan)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 10:49 |
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At 23:25 2002-04-29 +0000, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>For instance, if there were only two original series, they could be
>plain and labiovelar, preserved in the centum langs. The innovation
>would then be a chain shift to palatal and plain in the satem langs.
That's what most people who -- like me -- believe in two original series think.
/BP 8^)>
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