Re: Consonants as source of vowels
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 15, 2005, 18:38 |
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On Friday, January 14, 2005, at 11:35 , Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> writes:
[snip]
>> ...
>> CSX /ni/ --> /nZ\i/ --> /Z\i/ --> /z`i\/ --> /r\=/ --> /@r`/ -->
>> /Ar`/ --> /A/
>
> !!
>
> So I assume Japanese /ni/ is *cognate* to Mandarin /@r`/, too.
Exactly!
>> So, just about anything goes :)
>
> Thanks for all the examples. This is exactly the input I was
> searching for.
You're welcome - glad you found it helpful.
>>> Gah! Looks like PIE laryngeals. Could get tricky.
>>
>> :-D
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>>> Have fun!
>>
>> Amen!
>
> Ok, I have initiated borrowing a book about modern laryngal theory in
> PIE... :-)
>
> This is fun!
Good.
Ray
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