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

From: mkapovic@...
Message: 36990
Date: 2005-04-08

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>> At 11:52:34 AM on Thursday, April 7, 2005, mkelkar2003
>> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
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>> > 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?

Anatolian, Armenian, Gatha-Avestan, Albanian? In some positions of course
and with a question mark for Albanian.

Mate