Re: help! phonology...& addendum
| From: | Danny Wier <dawier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 0:57 |
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Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> Oops, forgot one more question--would it be too odd to use "q" for /x/?
No, and there is natlang precedence: the Tbilisi dialect of Georgian has
[x] for what was the non-ejective uvular stop of Old(er) Georgian letter
_qar_. Both current reconstructions of Nostratic (Bomhard, Dolgopolsky)
relate PN /q/ to Proto-Afroasiatic (or at least Proto-Semitic) /X/ (chi).
[If you accept the Nostratic theory as valid, that is.]
DaW.