Proto-Dynic: Difference between revisions

Scholars disagree in their reconstruction of an additional short close central vowel /*ɨ/ with no long counterpart.  Some embrace it as a means of explaining the ''bi-moraic rule'' in verbs, wherein the conclusive ending ''*-su'' of bi-moraic verbs, such as ''*daŋʷa'' or ''*ren'', can be dropped before a pausa, whilst in single mora stems such as ''*mi'' it is required; i.e. ''*misu''.  Some scholars find it strange that both a coda consonant and a full syllable are considered moraic given that Proto-Dynic is otherwise forgiving of complex codas, and thus reconstruct a weak filler vowel to convert these moraic consonants into full syllables; e.g. ''*ren'' → ''*renɨ''.  It is also used to explain the resolution of otherwise illegal initial clusters formed by personal agreement prefixes; ''*t-daŋʷa'' → ''*ɨt-daŋʷa''.  The most ardent proponents of /*ɨ/ reconstruct Proto-Dynic as entirely CV, with clusters and coda consonants explained thereby; e.g. ''*sauk'' → ''*sawɨkɨ'', ''*əsk'' → ''*əsɨkɨ'', ''*t-daŋʷa'' → ''*ɨtɨ-daŋʷa''.