Re: [tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

At 4:39:22 PM on Thursday, April 7, 2005, mkelkar2003 wrote:

> --- 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>.

> By "scholarly consensus" or by evidence?

Both: the former derives from the latter.

> Have you found a language that has "original" vowels and
> the laryngeal consonants?

If you do not understand the irrelevance of this question,
it seems very unlikely that you will benefit from yet
another rehearsal of the evidence even if someone feels like
offering one. Unless you have something of linguistic
substance to add to the previous discussions on this topic,
I see no reason for this subthread to continue.

Brian M. Scott
Moderator