Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)

From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
> >No, there is plenty of evidence for laryngeals.  They pop up a lot in
> >Hittite.  Some may be odd, but I'm sure they're there for a reason.
>
> Plenty of evidence?  Where is it?  Where do they show up abundantly in
> Hittite?  I'm not being sarcastic or mocking here, honestly; I just want to
> be able to make sense of something that seems, at least to some degree, non-
> sensical.
*2 and *3 appear generally in Hittite as /h/ (phonetics uncertain of course,
usually transcribed with an underbreve).  Apparently also *o1 > /ay/.



    *Muke!
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