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Re: Critique sought

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, November 18, 1999, 23:21
Paul Bennett wrote:
> I'm a bit out of my depth here, but doesn't PIE have a two-vowel system with /E/ > and /O/? (or is it /e/ and /o/?)
One theory has it that PIE had /e/ and /o/, with [i] and [u] as allophones of /j/ and /w/. Since [i] and [u] were already "taken", that's why the vowel phonemes were /e/ and /o/. -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor