Re: A question on Proto-Afro-Asiatic

I think they are, Glen; I need to do some comparisons though. It is indeed possible, I reckon, for voiceless ejectives to become voiced implosives in "lenis" or prenasalized environments.

~DaW~

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From: Glen Gordon

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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 5:50 AM

Subject: [nostratic] A question on Proto-Afro-Asiatic

Danny Wier: >Nilo-Saharan languages, however, have larger consonant inventories, >and >Hausa and Chadic in general probably got its implosive voiced >stops from >NS. Why can't implosives simply be derived from earlier AA ejectives? - gLeN