Re: Origin of Thematic Neuter -om (was: 1sg. -o:)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> > Fully voiced is close to nasal, isn't it?
>
> If you mean that full-voiced /b/ is one step away
> from /mb/, yes. This has to do with voicing onset.
> If the voicing onset starts to *precede* the stop,
> a nasal corresponding to the stop starts to
> crystalize. So a full-voiced /d/ could theoretically
> go to /nd/.

/mb/, /nd/, /ng/ is frequent in languages of Africa (Mbeki, Nkruma
etc.).
Have nostraticists and other extra-IE linguists considered this as a
feasable link to IE aspirated stops in other language groups?

Lars