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From: sarima@netcom.com (Stanley Friesen)
Subject: Re: IndoEuropean 'r' and laryngeals
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In article <aldersonD5yM4q.MGx@netcom.com>,
Richard M. Alderson III <alderson@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>The other PIE resonants are *l, *m, *n, *w, and *y.  ...

American English has these as well: bottLe, bottoM, raveN,
and, of course, what we call short 'i' and 'u' in pit and put.

[Though as far as I can tell, vocalic l, m, and n only occur
in unaccented syllables, whereas vocalic 'r' can be the sole
vocalic element in a word].
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