On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:21:40 -0500, Patrick Ryan
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proto-language@...> wrote:
>I guess I was conceiving of ¿ as an epiglottal though I mischaracterized it as a pharyngeal.
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>And as a stop rather than approximant.
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>My apologies to the list for disseminating inaccurate information.
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>As for your example, Caucasian example, does it by any chance mean '5'?
"2"
>Also, if the pre-form was a pharyngeal, could that be fronted to a (post)alveolar affricate?
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>So that Abaza retains the earlier form (¿) while Dargva has fronted to (c.)?
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>Any idea what conditions might motivate such fronting?
I have the data here before me:
Nax s^i-
Avar-Andi k.i-, k.e-
Tsez q.IWe-
Dargva k.e-, c.Wa-
Xinalug k.u
Lak k.i-
Lezgian q.IWe-
Archi q.IWe-
Udi ppaI-
Abxaz/Abaza ¿W&-, yW&-
Adyge/Kab. t.WI&
Ubyx t.q.Wa
(where I signifies pharyngealization).
If all these forms are related, they can go back to *t.q.u ~
*t.q.wi-, simplified to /(t.)t.W&/ in Adyge/Kabardian, to
/(q.)q.Wi-/ or /(k.)k.Wi/ elsewhere. The ¿ayn in Abaza is a
weakening of initial q.-. The c.W- in Dargva, as shown by
the form k.e- in the main dialect, is a palatalization of
/k.W/ before a front vowel.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...