Re: Questions on Proto-Indo-European
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 13, 2003, 3:06 |
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Joe scripsit:
>
> On Saturday 11 January 2003 10:49 pm, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
> > > *bh is /b/ pronounced lightly blowing air through your lips, and the
> > > same applies to the others...
> >
> > Actually, it represents the so-called "voiced aspirates", which are
> > essentially breathy voice following the stop.
>
> Um...in voiced aspirates, the aspiration is voiced, right?
Yup, and the vowel is breathy. But the alternative pronunciation
gives written bh dh gh the sounds [b d g], in which case written b d g
is [p' t' k'], voiceless ejectives.
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