BP Jonsson scripsit:
> > Sindhi implosives, e.g.
> >arise out of breathy-voiced sounds.
>
> No, they arose out of plain voiced sounds so as to make them more distinct
> from breathy-voiced sounds.
Oops, yes. I knew I was having some kind of brain fart at the time.
> Ironically the language has later re-acquired plain voiced stops through
> loan words.
Ho.
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To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
--_The Hobbit_