Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: *a/*a: ablaut

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: *a/*a: ablaut


>
> > We're talking about a modelisation of PIE where unstressed
> > vowels are only long while stressed ones are only short.
> Arnaud
> ========
> No, we're not. One of Miguel's posts includes such
> reconstructions as
>
> *ú:d-an > *wódr.
> Brian
> ============
> 1. Which languages support u: ?
> 2. Macro-Comparison shows that
> this root is ngut?-> H2w_d
> This example is tainted.
> Arnaud
> ==============

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You must have been frightened by a dorsal nasal while still in the cradle,
Arnaud.

Too much /ng/!

From what language is <ngut> supposed to be?

Patrick

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