Re: [TIED] Beekes' PIE Consonants & Glottalized Consonants.

> On the other hand, even in the traditionally reconstructed system >the
>rarity of *b could be due to causes other than its airstream >mechanism
>(e.g. an early merger of *b and *w, not without precedent).

Let me tell ya. That suggestion hurts, even if it is plausible technically.

> Here���s my alternative interpretation (don���t take it too >seriously):
>
> *t = [t] (voiceless)
>
> *d = [d��] (voiced, laryngealised, low airflow rate, low->frequency
>vibration)
>
> *dH = [d��] (breathy voice, audible friction noise, high airflow
> >rate)

So we agree almost. Except that I take the "laryngealised" stop to be a hard
unaspirated voiceless stop (fortis) in opposition to *t and *dH which are
plain voiceless and voiced stops respectively.

- gLeN

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