Re: [tied] just verifying a point

Here's what you actually wrote:

*g`became "z" and in same very rare cases g>h trough an
disimilation proces of one of two "g" like in PIE *ger,gere
with the nominal variant *gerg
*gh became g
*g`h this velare became a spirant in thracian (z)

Vowels can be front (e.g. [i, e]), back (e.g. [u, o]) or central (e.g. [a]). They can also be high ([i, u]), mid ([e, o]) or low ([a]). You can also say "close" for "high" and "open" for "low".

"Frontal" means "pertaining to the forehead", and "dorsal" means "pronounced with the back of the tongue" -- the term is used mostly of consonants, not vowels.

Piotr

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PIE *g^ became "z" WHEN fallowed by "e" and "i".how it was to expect: Under tzhe influence of "e" we have: PIE *g^ehb >proto-traco-daca>geb-ala>thraco-dacian >*jiabala>rom. zãbala zãbala please see the lithuanian "zabas". This is the german trense or english snaffle, bridoon PIE *k^ africatised when fallowed again, by these "e" and "i" . I gues these "e" and "i" are called frontal vowels and the "a, o, u" aer called dorsal vowels. Please corect me if I am wrong.