On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:11:20 +0000, Piotr Gasiorowski
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piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>To counter the objections against independent voicing in different
>branches, G&I would have to demonstrate that the voicing of [t'] is
>its _most_ probable development, not merely one that is possible and
>can be explained.
I'm not aware of very many cases where we can follow the historical
development of glottalic consonants, but the cases I know seem to
favour voicing as perhaps the most likely outcome:
Assuming the pronunciation of Armenian grabar was close to the modern
East Armenian pronunciation, we have West Armenian /d/ etc. from
(unaspirated/glottalized) /t/ etc.
Proto-Afro-Asiatic probably had a large number of glottalized/ejective
stops and affricates:
Egyptian Arabic
labial *p. f b
dental *t. d t.
velar *k. q/d_ q
uvular *q. h./d_ h.
dental affr *c. d s.
palatal affr *c^. d z. (= D.)
lateral affr *L. d d.
Voicing and fricativization are apparently the most common outcomes.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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