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From: alderson@netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III)
Subject: Re: IndoEuropean 'r' and laryngeals
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In article <3ljs9h$1r6d@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> wolfkir@ibm.net writes:

>'R' as a vowel is still extant, as in Croatian (I believe) KrK,
>which is the name of a town on the Adriatic.  This 'r' appears to
>me to be the back-of-throat 'r'. Is that a 'laryngeal'?

No, neither in the sense intended in Indo-European linguistics, nor generally
in the sense intended in the study of languages which *have* laryngeals.
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Rich Alderson		[Tolkien quote temporarily removed in favour of
alderson@netcom.com	 proselytizing comment below --rma]

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