Re: IS PIE * DERU EXCLUSIVELY INDO-EUROPEAN ?

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52111
Date: 2008-01-30

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> What do you mean ?
> PIE Indian have developed retroflex out of emphatic ??
>
> ==========
> The modern Arabic pronunciation is certainly not
> glottalized.
> ======
> True
> ==========
> There is no reason to assume that the Ethiopian articulation is original.
> Patrick
> =========
> Most experts in this field believe so.
> And I agree with these experts.
>
> The main obvious reason is :
> Glottalized can become emphatic, not the reverse.
> And glottalized can be become voiced,
> the reverse is rarer but possible.
>
> Arnaud
> =========

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That is a straw man.

Start with retroflex articulation. Retroflex can be glottalized and and
later voiced --- or not.


Patrick

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