Jose:

>I can not also understand why all people think that
>the laryngeals were originally consonants (*k???). It
>is very important to read Reynolds et alii
>"Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals were vocalic",
>Diachronica XVII(2), 2000. It is not a definitive in
>the topic, but it must be read. Besides it, is more
>plausible that *H = *x.

IE laryngeals derive from older laryngeals in Bomhardian Nostratic.
So far that I've seen, Bomhard appears to be more on the ball
than anything.


- gLeN


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