Cross posted from: Latin@lemm.ee

lingua latina pater linguarum dimidum est 😎

I hope it's okay for me to crosspost here.

  • smeg@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Is PIE something like proto-indo-eurasian, or just something to do with pies?

    • fxomt@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      I haven't heard of people screaming about pies in someone's face, so I think it's safe to assume PIE means proto-indo-european :)

      • fxomt@lemm.ee
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        1 day ago

        They're called Laryngeals, and no one really knows how to pronounce them, from what I can tell.

        Edit, there are two theories on how to pronounce them:

        Rasmussen chose a consonantal realization for *h₃ as a voiced labialized velar fricative [ɣʷ], with a syllabic allophone [ɵ], i.e. a close-mid central rounded vowel. Kümmel instead suggests [ʁ].