Re: [tied] p-IE vocalic system (it was: Reconstruction of Proto-Ind

From: Davius Sanctex
Message: 24901
Date: 2003-07-31

[Peter] /e/ (or was it /a~&/ ?), then I think we might have a little
difficulty. And that's without the grammar!
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[Davius] At least Foley point that there is at least one language (Kallam)
with "vocalic" /e, a, o; y, w/ with the phonemes /w, y/ having alopones [i,
u] respectively. This vocalic system of Kallam is close to some the p-IE
reconstructions, the existence of Kallam system supports the tipological
reliability of IE vocalic system: /e, a, o/.


Davius