8 137 disc low vowels pie linguist linguistlist org wrote subject 8 137 disc low vowels pie editor issue susan robinson sue linguistlist org directory 1 date mon 27 jan 1997 20 33 15 0000 miguel carrasquer vidal mcv pi net subject 8 113 sum low vowels pie merge e pre ablaut pre pie still emerges three vowel system u reason deny u vowelhood emergence ablaut ablaut conclusion pre pie never single vowel phoneme typologically implausible follow reconstruction truly surprised question original vowel quality ie u arise single good argument regarding ie u reductions w 1 ie vowel ie dictionary like pokorny section two entries slavic cognates jv 35 entries 2 u ie vowel ie dictionary like pokorny u section eight entries slavic italic cognates vv 141 entries w 3 compare 146 beginning 95 e 43 und 4 ie u original initial would reconstruct hi u laryngeal e yields ie e e one change quality vowel reasonable hi hu source ten entries combined attribute vowelhood u e 95 entries 5 189 entries beginning arise hi hu least one seriously suggested knowledge therefore must arise different combinations different circumstances gives us 284 entries h e 10 entries combined h h u strange distribution vowels 6 bother cite aa cognates ie words cvi c cvu c many list readers accept nostratic parentage ie aa entertain heresy find ie cvi cvu correspond aa cvy cvw 7 typology severely abused question whatever old indian may find one vowel every vowel simply derived h w ie could language h w yet resolved vowel qualities e u etc simply escapes pat ryan patrick c ryan protolanguage worldnet att net 501 2279947 fax data 501 3129947 9115 w 34th st little rock ar 722044441 usa webpage href http www geocities com athens forum 2803 veit ek ek hekk vindga meidhi naetr allar niu geiri undadhr theim meidhi er mangi veit hvers hann af rotum renn havamal 138