> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tgpedersen@...
> To: nostratic@...
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:23 PM
> Subject: [nostratic] Re: Afro-Austronesian numerals ?
>
>
> --- In nostratic@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> > The PA reconstruction is *telu, and the Tagalog form derives from
> reduplicated *ta-telu (originally used in counting human beings).
> Same with *duSa, *da-duSa (> dalawa) 'two'.
> >
> > Piotr
> >
> >
>
> *t-t-l? Half reduplication? Interesting. That would be one way to

get

> to *t-t- from *t-l-.
>
> Torsten

--- In nostratic@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> It's a pity that Malagasy, the only AN language spoken close to
Africa, has not preserved the reduplicated form.
>
> Piotr
>
I think I finally agree with you. A pity indeed.
But are you really serious that eg. *r (> *d) > *t is impossible?


Torsten