Re: [con-romance] Rumiyaan vocalism
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 29, 2000, 5:36 |
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BP Jonsson wrote:
> *a *E *e *I *i *u *U *o *O
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> æ e i e i u o a o
That's rather odd. Why /o/ -> /a/? /o/ is higher than /O/, so why
would the relative height be changed? Also, /E/-/O/, /I/-/U/, and
/i/-/u/ had symmetrical changes, so why the assymetry in /e/-/o/?
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