From: etherman23
Message: 53413
Date: 2008-02-16
>Is there any internal evidence for this eightfold division of *H2?
>
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> H2 stands for 8 proto-phonemes.
> 4 are voiced :
> *& *z *dz *h
> 4 are glottalized.
> ? s? ts? th?
>
> Phonotaxis of proto-Indian
> not to be confused with indo-iranian
> has is that t/k/p followed by any H :
> yields th kh ph
> but this cannot be projected into PIE
> It applies to Proto-Indian alone.