Re: Old Languages w/ new thread

From: "Jesse Bangs" <jaspax@...>
>In the meantime, I have an unrelated
>question that's been bugging me--are there any languages or language
>families unrelated to the Semitic languages that have tri- or
>bi-consonantal root structure?  How do their structures and forms compare
>to the Semitic languages?
Indo-European languages have something like it... with its mainly
biconsonantal roots and vowel change + extensions.

Er, so I gather.
CoC-o- noun
CeC- verb,
CeC-o- adjective
CoC-eyo- causative verb
CoC-mo- resultative noun
etc.

(These may or may not be necessarily true.)

    *Muke!

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