Re: [tied] Re: Sanskrit and e, a, o

>PIE ä/a/nothing > Sanskrit a/a/nothing
>which I suppose means that if only prof. Misra would admit of an
>earlier stage of Sanskrit where some a's were pronounced as more
>close than the rest, European linguists would have to take him more
>seriously.

He would also have to admit that some a's were more rounded (allowing for
PIE /o/ > Skt long /a:/ in open syllables). He would also have to admit
quite a bunch of other stuff! His ideas really do not stand up to the
evidence!

Peter