Re: [tied] Re: septm [was: Caland [was -m (-n)?]]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:25:26 +0000, elmeras2000 <jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:25:39 +0100 (MET), Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
>> >How did either of you decide this matter?
>>
>> 1) Omotic languages are generally tonal.
>> 2) Most numbers have no diacritics on them, some have two accent
>marks in
>> the same word, suggesting a tonal system with the default (low)
>tone
>> unmarked.
>
>Very good. I accept that.

I sent that message 10 hours ago, and it still hasn't echoed back to me
(has happened a lot recently). I wanted to add one comment, so I'll do it
here.

I forgot to mention that the form with the two acutes (áwddá, 4) is not
Anfillo, but Shinasha, so I was assuming variations on the same prosodic
scheme for the whole Gonga subgroup of Omotic. Only Kafa has some grave
accents as well, so that seems to have a three-tone system.

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