Re[4]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

At 12:04:03 PM on Thursday, February 28, 2008,
fournet.arnaud wrote:

>>> When it comes to B. and E. They share phonological
>>> features.

>>> Voiced stop > voiced spirant
>>> Unvoiced stop > unvoiced spirant
>>> Glottalized > unvoiced stop

>> They're related because they show similar developments
>> from the common ancestor whose very existence is in
>> question in the first place?

> Yes

You snipped too much. You were responding to this comment
by Rick:

As far as I've seen, there is nothing that links Basque
to Etruscan. The onus is upon you to demonstrate that
there is.

Your 'demonstration' (as quoted above) is circular. What's
more, if the existence of that common ancestor *could* be
demonstrated, it wouldn't matter whether Basque and Etruscan
shared phonological developments.

Brian