c-SUMERIAN-5_phonology.htm

Tlazoltéotl

PROTO-LANGUAGE PHONEMES


in IE and Sumerian



by Patrick C. Ryan

(2/12/2001)



TABLE OF MODIFICATIONS

OF

SUMERIAN VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

IN COMBINATION

by Patrick C. Ryan





This needs revision for Sumerian.

OLD JAPANESE

a?a -> a: (95)

a:+y -> e: (1)

'a:ye -> a:i -> ái (67)

a'ye -> ae (106)

a+y -> e (2)

e+y -> i (3, 5,7, 174)

ewa -> u(:) (107)

o+y -> e (173)

owa: -> u(:) (173, 174)

ki -> ikki (28)

yan 'sye -> íshi (144)

CenC -> CC (96)

so-'ye -> sye (94)

sye -> si (27, 94)

Fna: -> Fa: (68)

final -h1 -> ø

(Miller, p. 198): i+a->e; a+i->e:/ o:; and u + i -> i:



MODERN JAPANESE

ay -> i (66)

a:yeCV -> a:yaCV (95)

ye -> e (11)

yi -> i (10)

initial F -> h (2, 4, 5, 16, 68, 171)

medial Fo (from P[H]O) -> o (4)

Fwa -> f (122)

initial F1o (from FO/F[H]O/PF[H]A/PF[H]O) -> o (6, 7, 38, 42, 66, 84, 123)

initial F1a (from FA) -> á (135)

medial F1a: -> o (32, 172)

si -> shi (27, 91)

syV -> shV



dwV -> yu (132)

dwV -> (d)zV ???

nd -> z (96)

ns -> (n)(d)z

dya -> ja (108)

dye -> ji (107, 109)

ta-u -> tsu (1)

twV -> tsV

tye -> chi(3)

wo -> o (84)






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