Dear José and Nostraticists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "José Andrés Alonso" <ocitartson@...>
To: <nostratic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: [nostratic] Proto-language's Nostratic Dictionary


> In Proto-language's web, where is a "Nostratic
> Dictionary - Part One, Two and Three", Patrick C. Ryan
> write:
>
> [...]
>
> Nostratic i = Indo-European i, e
> Nostratic e = Indo-European e
> Nostratic 6 = Indo-European e, a, 6
> Nostratic a = Indo-European a, o, 6
> Nostratic u = Indo-European u, o
> Nostratic o = Indo-European o
>
> [...]
>
> "And to suggest that Nostratic 6 can result in
> Indo-European a, o, and 6 is, in my opinion, only an
> attempt to make questionable cognates correspond (is
> there even an Indo-European 6 that is not a reduction
> of a "laryngeal"?). One might ask: why not Nostratic 6
> = Indo-European e as well if close 6 can apparently
> appear as open a/o?"
>
> Well, we can see that Bomhard DO NOT SUGGEST that
> Nostratic *6 can result in IE *a, *o and *6. Bomhard
> suggest that Nostratic *6 can result in IE *a, *e and
> *6. Bomhard say that Nostratic *a can result in IE *a,
> *o and *6, not *a, *e, *6.
>
> Now, I have a question for you, Mr. Patrik C. Ryan:
>
> IS IT A LITTLE ERRATA?

[PCR]
No, it is a BIG erratum!

Thank you very much for bringing it to my attention.


Pat

PATRICK C. RYAN | PROTO-LANGUAGE@... (501) 227-9947 * 9115 W. 34th St. Little Rock, AR 72204-4441 USA WEBPAGES: PROTO-LANGUAGE: http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/ and PROTO-RELIGION: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit ec at ec hecc, vindgá meiði a netr allar nío, geiri vndaþr . . . a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn." (Hávamál 138)