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Phonology

Vowels

Vocalisation of laryngeals

  1. ASSUME GREEK TRIPLE REFLEX

Short vowels

  1. The short vowel system inherited from Late Indo-European remained surprisingly stable with only a raising of IE *o to u and a diphthongisation of IE *e in some phonological contexts.
    1. IE *a was preserved as a
    2. IE *o was preserved as o except R_Cʷ where it was raised to u.
      bori ‘hill’ < IE *gʷor̥
      nyps ‘night’ < EPH *núpts < IE *nókʷts
    3. IE *e was preserved initially as e.
      thémmi ‘I say’ < IE *ḱéh₁mi
    4. EPH *e would later diphthongise into je between a resonant and a consonant.
      khirjéthōi ‘harder’ < LPH *χĭrjéθōi < EPH *χrétʲōi < IE *kret-yō-s
    5. IE *i yields i except after a labial and before a consonant where it becomes e.
      limpimos ‘we allow’ < EPH *linpimós < IE *linkʷm̥ós
      pes ‘who’ < IE *kʷis
    6. IE *u was preserved as u

Long vowels

  1. The IE long vowels are well preserved, if not always in the original form.
    1. IE ā
    2. IE ē
    3. IE → EPH i
    4. IE ō
    5. IE → EPH *u̯iy