Re: Voiceless Apirtaes (was Re: IE *p and *b)

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From: etherman23

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Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Voiceless Apirtaes (was Re: IE *p and *b)

Etherman23 wrote
Let me reiterate that the voiceless aspirates seem few in number and
are often difficult to reconstruct. However, I don't have a better
explanation of the facts. I will only present a few to illustrate the
point. All examples are from the Tower of Babel database of PIE.
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A.F

Thank you for listing examples.

This always takes time

and everybody must be grateful for this.

Nevertheless,

there is little doubt about the fact

that voiceless aspirates are not a feature of PIE,

as noticed as early as Saussure's works on Laryngeals.

Voiceless aspirates are in most cases

phonotactic results of C + H.

They are few because this phonotaxis was rare.

Arnaud

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