Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')

The decisive indication for me was that Egyptian <q> and <g> show up
initially in PIE as *g/*g^ and *k/*k^.

Finally, they are cognate with words that shows PIE *CV(n)g/k-.

Plus, not decisive but considerable, a full phonological system requires a
dorsal nasal to complement the labial and apical nasals.

There is also the semantic criterion which I will not get into: *(n)g(^) and
*(n)k(^) are very different in meaning.


Patrick

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> From: Patrick Ryan
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> > 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!
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> This is maybe an interesting idea
> Now I can see clearer
> I'm not against it.
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> what makes you think that ?
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> Arnaud
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