Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')

Richard, I am sending this in Unicode:

/ŋ/

I cannot make the sign for a voiceless dorsal nasal.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [tied] Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> PIE had two dorsal nasals, *ng, and *nk, which are denasalized
> to *g and *k initially, but sometimes retain their nasality in final
> position. These are _not_ pre-nasalized dorsal stops!

What were they, then? Transliterated IPA might help a verbal description.

Richard.