PIE e/o Ablaut

Stefan Georg Georg at home.ivm.de
Tue Mar 28 09:35:46 UTC 2000


Pat Ryan asks:

>Can you name any "living language" that has a vowel system of /a/, /e:/, /i/
>(giving you the benefit of the doubt by counting /i/ as a vowel rather than
>a vocalic allophone of /j/ in an avocalic position), /o:/, /u/, (giving you
>the benefit of the doubt by counting /u/ as a vowel rather than a vocalic
>allophone of /w/ in an avocalic position)?

>If this is not "unheard of", how about letting us hear about it?

Pashto

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