Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 15:47 |
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En réponse à Doug Dee :
>Can someone tell me what the current theories are on the pronunciation of
>PIE laryngeals?
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>A rather old book I have suggests the 3 laryngeals might have been [ ? ] ,
>[ h ], and [ G ], or perhaps palatalized, plain and labialized version of
>[ x ], but maybe there are new theories.
Since people don't even agree on the *number* of laryngeals (which could
also be pharyngeals, both names are used!), I don't know if it's the right
time to discuss their actual phonetic contents ;)))) . The 3-laryngeal
theory is only the most common one. Some reconstructions include 4 or even
5 laryngeals (with usually a labialised and a palatalised one, that I've
seen respectively noted Aw and Ey - with w and y as superscripts -).
Christophe Grandsire.
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