Re: [tied] Re: Schwa (Was PIE Reconstruction)

At 3:18:17 AM on Sunday, July 10, 2005, david_russell_watson
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"
> <proto-language@...> wrote:

>> However, wonder if modern Hindi, e.g. pronounces coronals
>> dentally. My impression from only hearing Indian people
>> speak is the the point of articulation is alveolar.

> No, Hindi has both apico-dental and apico-alveolar
> (retroflex) stops, but no lamino-alveolar stops.

And in my experience the former are frequently substituted
for English interdentals, while the latter replace English
alveolar stops.

>> And in what fine language does one find apico-labials,
>> pray tell? None we are dealing with on this list.

> It's merely an example to explain a principle.

Of course it's not IE, but just as a matter of interest,
Jacques Guy has mentioned in sci.lang on several occasions
that the language of Mafea Island, Vanuatu, has an
apico-labial. V'enen Taut, also from Vanuatu, apparently
has an apico-labial series that includes (at least) a
voiceless stop, a voiced nasal, and a voiced fricative.

Brian