From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 53382
Date: 2008-02-16
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From: Patrick Ryan
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:31 AM
Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] *a/*a: ablaut
I think you will find few languages that lack /a/, the central low to mid
vowel.
Patrick
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I think a language with nothing acting as phonemic /a/
just does not exist.
It runs against /a/ being the most basic and neutral vowel
in all languages.
The reason why I think PIE *e is just a way of
writing /a/.
Arnaud
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