[tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 11:52:34 AM on Thursday, April 7, 2005, mkelkar2003
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The five vowels are a hypothetical creation not attested
> > in any language. If five could change to 3 the other way
> > round is possible as DEMONSTRATED by Misra with the help
> > of the Gypsy language.
>
> This horse died long ago. For references to the Cybalist
> archives see
>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/17394>.
>
>
> Brian

By "scholarly consensus" or by evidence? Have you found a language
that has "original" vowels and the laryngeal consonants?

M. Kelkar