Indian onager
C.R. Selvakumar
selvakum at VALLUVAR.UWATERLOO.CA
Fri Mar 26 17:08:58 UTC 1999
*Jules Bloch proposed intial g- in this form for Proto-Dravidian like
**g(a)ard- which he said is preserved in Telugu as a g- form ga:.dida, and as
*g(a)ard-abha in Sanskrit. He said it was devoiced later in Ta. Ma. Ka., etc.
*(South Dravidian). The Parji, etc. forms (gadha-type) are borrowed from Mdn
*Indo-Aryan. I discussed this problem under intial voicing in my TVB.
*Bh.K.
Prof. Krishnamurti,
I find your citation of Bloch's proposal interesting.
It would be great if you can
kindly share the supporting reasons. It is possible that k > g or
g > k or even these transformations could have flip flopped over time,
if one were to merely guess.
How does one prove (or sunstantiate) that Tamil and Kannada 'devoiced',
especially Kannada ?
I'm asking this question in the interest of understanding
the scientific basis or the methodology employed in arriving
at this claim.
Regards
Selva
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