PHONOLOGY
VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS
PIE G L Skt. Lith. Ocs Go. OE
i L i i i i i, ai ei
u v u u u ti u,au uo
e € e a e e i, ai ei
° ° ° a a ° a 2
a a a a a ° a 2
7 T 1 T y i ei i
a v a a a y u (?ii) u
é 0 é a é é e &
o w o a uo a oO 6
a an a a 3 a ° 6
ey ea I (ei) e ei, ie i ei i
oy oa d,oe(oi) e ai, ie é ai 4
ay ou ae e ai, ie é ai a
ew @ i(ou) o au u iu é0
ow ov a(ou) o au u au éa
aw aw au ° au u au éa
Notes to the table.
1. PIE Lon vowets and sequences of sHORT VOWELS PLUS LARYNGEAL
with few exceptions (mostly in G, 49-50) have identical reflexes in the IE
languages. As a consequence it is not always possible to determine whether
a given long vowel, for example the # of L mis ‘mouse’, continues PIE *#
or “4H.
Liquips, Nasats, AND GLIDES.
‘TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES.
PE «6G A: Indic NE
' ° r 51 r
‘1 d 1 51 1
‘m YP m m m
“n v n n n
‘w fh, @ v2 v w
y h Go i,o y: y
‘TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES OF SYLLABIC LIQUIDS AND NASALS.
PIE Att-Ion. Myc, Acol. L Ved. Lith, PGme.
Arc.-Cyp,, ete.
"tC ap, poe op, po or t ir “ur
“(H)V ap op ra) i, ur ir “ur
Ic ae, Now od, do ol r il ul
"HV ad oh 1 i, ur il ‘ul,
“mC oe a em a im ‘um
“m(H)V op ow em am im tum
“nC a a en a in tun
*n(H)V a ov en an in “un
(V = any vowel; C = any consonant NOT A LARYNGEAL; see 103-9.)