Re: [tied] Bader's article on *-os(y)o

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:34:07 -0700 (PDT),
enlil@... wrote:

>Miguel:
>> The EA 1st and 2nd p. sg. markers, as well as the reflexive,
>> are voiceless 1. *-k > -ng, 2. *-t > -n, 3R. *-c > -ñ, while
>> other suffixes, such as the dual and plural are voiced (du.
>> *-g > -k, pl. *-d > -t).
>
>My spidey senses are telling me that this supposed EA reconstruction
>is flawed. The "voiceless" markers would appear to be in reality
>nasals while the "voiced" markers are actually voiceless to begin
>with.

Your senses are wrong. The 1sg. marker intransitive marker
is Esk. -ka, where *k remained as /k/ before the (added)
vowel -a. The Aleut equivalent is -ng, with the normal
development of *-k in the Auslaut.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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