tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post6735469815537104618..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Loprieno on Middle Egyptian VocalismGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-42867851397121457372009-01-04T13:18:00.000-06:002009-01-04T13:18:00.000-06:00Mordrigar: "I think there's an error in your recon...<B>Mordrigar: <I>"I think there's an error in your reconstruction for the number 5. Shouldn't the final vowel be *a?"</I></B><BR/><BR/>My thinking was that all unstressed vowels merged to schwa by the time of Middle Egyptian. So the final vowel in "five" is unstressed, making it a schwa.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-89684297160319132052009-01-03T22:21:00.000-06:002009-01-03T22:21:00.000-06:00I think there's an error in your reconstruction fo...I think there's an error in your reconstruction for the number 5. Shouldn't the final vowel be *a?Mordrigarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905659012488502823noreply@blogger.com