Re: *a/*a: ablaut

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Mills" <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>
> Richard Wordingham wrote:
> > 4 vowel systems are usually more asymmetric. For yet more

examples, we

> > have the
> > Proto-Austronesian system of /a, e, i, u/...
>
> I'm sure you're aware of this, but others may not be: PAN *e represents
> central schwa, not a mid/low front vowel.

Thanks for the correction.

Richard.