Re: [tied] PIE Stop System

Exactly - thank you, Richard. It's nice to be so well understood, and so
clearly explained too.

Jens

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Richard Wordingham wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:
> > >> So you do find it possible that at a period there was only one
> phonemic
> > >> vowel in PIE?
> > >
> > >Yes. The result would be as in Sanskrit where /a/ has precisely
> that
> > >status.
>
> I'm sure that Jens means precisely what he says.  He is not
> disputing the existence of a multi-vowel system between PIE and
> Sanskrit, merely pointing out the parallels between the systems.  It
> seems a good analogy - very similar arguments can be deployed to say
> that neither PIE nor Sanskrit is a one-vowel system, but they do not
> contradict the parallel.
>
> Interestingly, they also have the same number of stop positions.
>
> Richard.
>
>
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