Re: A new Indo-European subfamily in China
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 4, 2000, 17:24 |
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Roger Mills wrote:
> go to google.com and punch in "tonogenesis".
I did, and turned up a Conlang article from January 1993 on incipient
tonogenesis in Klingon. Apparently the glottal-stop finals are accompanied
by high pitch, and if the glottals get lost (not unlikely), Klingon will
have a high/low tone distinction.
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