Re: *a/*a: ablaut

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 53170
Date: 2008-02-14

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From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:49 PM
Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] *a/*a: ablaut


It's also found in Pipil. And I think in Cherokee
--which has the written vowels <a. e. i, u>, assuming
they're pronounced as such

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one would suspect <a> to be slightly rounded
and back like in law
otherwise the system looks strange.

Arnaud
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