Re: [tied] *es- or *h1es- ?

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From: "etherman23" <etherman23@...>
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Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] *es- or *h1es- ?


> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
> wrote:
> > ***
> > Patrick:
> >
> > Any cuneiform sign of the shape VC probably should be understood to
> read
> > ?VC.
> >
> > This is presumably true of hieroglyphic Hittite and the Luwian
> syllabary.
> >
> > German <ein> is really [?ain]. Since no (native) German word can
> begin with
> > a vowel, it is superfluous to write it.
> >
> > ***
>
> Perhaps I should have been more explicit. I'm talking about phonemic
> consonants.

***
Patrick:

[?] is phonemic in German. [ain] for <ein> would be considered incorrect
pronunciation, a mistake often made by first-year students of German.

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