From: aquila_grande
Message: 37277
Date: 2005-04-20
> I have run into a correspondence between two languages (I think)that puzzles me greatly.
>to "cognates" _written_ z in another.
> In one language, /¿/ (pharyngeal stop) seems to be corresponding
>(also possibly /ts/ or even /dz/).
> Presumably, z was /ts/ though it may have been pronounced as /z/
>sense although there are some rather bizarre ones.
> Usually, one finds correspondences that make some phonolgical
>nature of the first element seems secure.
> Has anyone every read or heard of such a correspondence? The
>
> Your input would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Patrick