Re: [tied] Re: ka and k^a

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 40687
Date: 2005-09-26

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:43:42 -0500, Patrick Ryan
<proto-language@...> wrote:

>We do find, in the world's languages, consonantal phonemes like Arabic /H/
>which LOWER vowels but none which FRONT them.

*h2 lowers vowels (e > a)

>We find velo-dorsals like /kW/
>which ROUND vowels but none which BACK them.

*h3 rounds vowels (e > o)

*h1 has no colouring effect.

It all works out.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...