Rob:
> Personally, I'd say that such an inventory is less
> likely, phonologically speaking.
Yes, logically, we should only side with the *more*
common unless there is adequate basis to reconstruct
something more unique. That then means that if we
need a three-vowel system, it should be *a, *i and *u
until evidence shows something "odder" like
centralization, say.
= gLeN
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