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I thought this thread was quite interesting until someone came up with this:
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and Arians.
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Ok, this is sliding off-topic, I just mentioned a few crack-pot theories, that reminds me of the guy in Ancient Aliens. It was a joke. There have been many wacky theories over the years, and the Nazis exploited that frequently.

The movie Prometheus expanded on this silliness.
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Egerius wrote: 20th of July is a special day in Germany, since Stauffenberg wanted to assassinate the Beast. And then someone says "Arians". Thanks for destroying the spirit.
:wat: [:|] [:(] [:'(]
...first off, nobody was talking about Arians. They were talking about Aryans. These are two entirely distinct things. Second, if you insist on being upset by the word 'Aryan', you should probably avoid threads about PIE, given that the 'I' in that is a reference to the Aryans. More generally, if you get upset by random discussions of ancient history, I suggest you grow a thicker skin.
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paúsete h₁méǵʰio agos h₁moi, h₁s-ih₁-té swe wesewes
let.go-IMPTV.2PL 1SG.DAT sin-ACC.PL 1SG.GEN | be<OPT>2PL ADV good-PL.NOM

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HinGambleGoth wrote:Ok, this is sliding off-topic, I just mentioned a few crack-pot theories, that reminds me of the guy in Ancient Aliens. It was a joke. There have been many wacky theories over the years, and the Nazis exploited that frequently.
Don't worry! IE studies do seem to attract weird theories and crackpot "researchers" like a magnet.
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Salmoneus wrote: ...first off, nobody was talking about Arians. They were talking about Aryans. These are two entirely distinct things. Second, if you insist on being upset by the word 'Aryan', you should probably avoid threads about PIE, given that the 'I' in that is a reference to the Aryans. More generally, if you get upset by random discussions of ancient history, I suggest you grow a thicker skin.
(Emphasis by me)

Oops, I confused two spellings, but it was late already.

Now back to the topic:
  • I. Atman, what do you think about the PIE glottal hypothesis.
    II. Do you have a piece of advice on how to start a PIE-inspired a priori conlang? (It's already Kentum)
    III. Does the word *kāweh1n-s adhere to PIE phonotactics and do you have any other thoughts on it? It means dog.
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atman wrote:
HinGambleGoth wrote:
HinGambleGoth wrote:jūz sindi wilþijai hundōs!
kʷód?
Hwat?

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yuHs h₁s-té n̥demh₂n̥tés ḱʷónes.
2PL.NOM be-PRS.2PL NEG=tame-PRS.PTCP.M.PL dog-NOM.PL
:?: [o.O]


kʷis sékʷt todí?
INTERR.ANIM.NOM.SG say-SECOND.3SG DEM.N.ACC=DEIX
[O.o] :?: :!:
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What happened to this thread, people!?
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ne wóydh₂e, dedwóyh₂e
Idk, I'm sorry to say.
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ewélom wydh₂nóm kʷis sékʷt « yuHs h1s-té n̥demh₂n̥tés ḱʷónes».
want<2ND>1SG know<NMLZ> INTERR.ANIM.NOM.SG say<2ND>3SG 2PL.NOM be-PRS.2PL NEG=tame-PRS.PTCP.NOM.PL dog-NOM.PL
Spoiler:
IMHO that cannot be right- kʷis feels like it needs to be GEN; maybe sékʷt ought to be a PTCP? I'm using a -nom neuter verbal noun (like :lat: granum, donum) for "to know"
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Lambuzhao wrote:...ḱʷónes...
"dogs" in PIE is (should be) ḱwónes. A palatalized and at the same time labialized velar stop would presumably be too much even for Proto-Indo-Europeans [;)]
Egerius wrote: Now back to the topic:
I. Atman, what do you think about the PIE glottal hypothesis.
II. Do you have a piece of advice on how to start a PIE-inspired a priori conlang? (It's already Kentum)
III. Does the word *kāweh1n-s adhere to PIE phonotactics and do you have any other thoughts on it? It means dog.
I. I think it's untenable for Late PIE, and it's not just my personal opinion: it's the consensus view among real Indo-Europeanists. But if we talk about earlier stages of PIE, then maybe...

II. No. I have zero experience with a priori conlangs (and not much experience with a posteriori ones either, see my countless backtrackings, major redesigns and assorted frequent changes to Atlántiqa). But if your project is inspired by PIE, take into account that PIE was neither centum nor satem (obviously!)

III. I don't know [:)] . But personally I'd find something like **kéh₂wens more appropriate, more Yamna style...
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atman wrote:
Lambuzhao wrote:...ḱʷónes...
"dogs" in PIE is (should be) ḱwónes. A palatalized and at the same time labialized velar stop would presumably be too much even for Proto-Indo-Europeans [;)]
The [ḱʷ] is both glottalized and labialized. (Palatalised would be indicated by a ʲ . And maybe you're right about velar stops, but some sounds can be and in some natlangs are both palatalized and labialized at the same time; Akan appears to be an example.)
The reconstructed form really is *[ḱʷónes], as Lambuzhao said, where the "apostrophes" represent glottalization rather than palatalization.
And apparently the speakers of the descendant languages agreed with you that ḱʷ was "too much", and revised it to either kʷ or ḱ , depending.
But there are plenty of living natlangs that have a glottalized labialized consonant; indeed several (e.g. kʷaḱʷala) have two and some (e.g. Archi, Lak, Rutul, Tlingit) have more than two.
Twenty-five in UPSID's database have [ḱʷ] and twelve have [q́ʷ].
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gʷeréueh1i, Eldiné
congratulate<OBJECTIVE>PRS.2SG <Eldin>VOC.SG

or is it

gʷeréumi te
congratulate<SUBJECTIVE>PRS.1SG 2SG.ACC
:?: [/spoiler]

≈ 'Thanks'
:?: [/spoiler]
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eldin raigmore wrote:The [ḱʷ] is both glottalized and labialized. (Palatalised would be indicated by a ʲ . And maybe you're right about velar stops, but some sounds can be and in some natlangs are both palatalized and labialized at the same time; Akan appears to be an example.)
The reconstructed form really is *[ḱʷónes], as Lambuzhao said, where the "apostrophes" represent glottalization rather than palatalization.
And apparently the speakers of the descendant languages agreed with you that ḱʷ was "too much", and revised it to either kʷ or ḱ , depending.
But there are plenty of living natlangs that have a glottalized labialized consonant; indeed several (e.g. kʷaḱʷala) have two and some (e.g. Archi, Lak, Rutul, Tlingit) have more than two.
Twenty-five in UPSID's database have [ḱʷ] and twelve have [q́ʷ].
Time for a little reality check.

Remember that PIE has its own romanization, it doesn't use IPA or something. Palatalized velars aka palatovelars aka front velars aka palatals in PIE orthography are indicated with an accent (ḱ and its plain voiced and breathy voiced siblings). These stops are never reconstructed with labialized counterparts (unlike the plain velar aka back velar stops).

Basically ḱʷ doesn't exist in any reconstruction of PIE, and telling us what such a phoneme became in the descendants is ridiculous. In reality, "dogs" is reconstructed as ḱwónes, with a cluster of a palatalized velar stop and a labiovelar approximant at the beginning. Such clusters contrasted with simple labialized stops in PIE at the "plain velar" point of articulation, however.

Bottomline: you made so many mistakes you'll have to sacrifice a cow to the ancient IE gods, or else... [;)]
Lambuzhao wrote:gʷeréueh1i, Eldiné
congratulate<OBJECTIVE>PRS.2SG <Eldin>VOC.SG

or is it

gʷeréumi te
congratulate<SUBJECTIVE>PRS.1SG 2SG.ACC
:?: [/spoiler]

≈ 'Thanks'
:?: [/spoiler]
PIE is/was SOV. So te gʷeréwmi, if gʷeréwmi is even a thing.

You can get away with sacrificing a little lamb [;)], we're friends.


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I'm with atman on this. The acute accent (not an apostrophe) over the <k> indicates what is generally reconstructed as palatalisation. I think, IIRC, that this representation was chosen because the exact phonetic details of the distinction between the plain velars and palatalised velars wasn't really known (i.e. were they palatal plosives, post-alveolar affricates, palatalised velars, etc.) and the existence of the latter was controversial.

Secondly, if it were an apostrophe representing glottalisation, then the traditional counterpart would be gʷónes, which isn't the case since it doesn't yield, for example, Greek **bónes or Latin **vanes.
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atman wrote:
eldin raigmore wrote:The [ḱʷ] is both glottalized and labialized. (Palatalised would be indicated by a ʲ . And maybe you're right about velar stops, but some sounds can be and in some natlangs are both palatalized and labialized at the same time; Akan appears to be an example.)
The reconstructed form really is *[ḱʷónes], as Lambuzhao said, where the "apostrophes" represent glottalization rather than palatalization.
And apparently the speakers of the descendant languages agreed with you that ḱʷ was "too much", and revised it to either kʷ or ḱ , depending.
But there are plenty of living natlangs that have a glottalized labialized consonant; indeed several (e.g. kʷaḱʷala) have two and some (e.g. Archi, Lak, Rutul, Tlingit) have more than two.
Twenty-five in UPSID's database have [ḱʷ] and twelve have [q́ʷ].
Time for a little reality check.

Remember that PIE has its own romanization, it doesn't use IPA or something. Palatalized velars aka palatovelars aka front velars aka palatals in PIE orthography are indicated with an accent (ḱ and its plain voiced and breathy voiced siblings). These stops are never reconstructed with labialized counterparts (unlike the plain velar aka back velar stops).

Basically ḱʷ doesn't exist in any reconstruction of PIE, and telling us what such a phoneme became in the descendants is ridiculous. In reality, "dogs" is reconstructed as ḱwónes, with a cluster of a palatalized velar stop and a labiovelar approximant at the beginning. Such clusters contrasted with simple labialized stops in PIE at the "plain velar" point of articulation, however.

Bottomline: you made so many mistakes you'll have to sacrifice a cow to the ancient IE gods, or else... [;)]
Lambuzhao wrote:gʷeréueh1i, Eldiné
congratulate<OBJECTIVE>PRS.2SG <Eldin>VOC.SG

or is it

gʷeréumi te
congratulate<SUBJECTIVE>PRS.1SG 2SG.ACC
:?: [/spoiler]

≈ 'Thanks'
:?: [/spoiler]
PIE is/was SOV. So te gʷeréwmi, if gʷeréwmi is even a thing.
SOV - D'oh! But, according to Verbix, it is such a thing. What to do about *gwer(u)? Use *gar instead? Should I use Medio-Passive Voice?


How does Objective work?
Help!

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Lambuzhao wrote:Quote:
You can get away with sacrificing a little lamb , we're friends.


http://thehasbeenhymn.files.wordpress.c ... b-lamb.jpg
Very good. They always tell us we must make sacrifices in life...

Now we (and They [;)] ) are waiting for Eldin's cow [:)] .

Lambuzhao wrote: SOV - D'oh! But, according to Verbix, it is such a thing. What to do about *gwer(u)? Use *gar instead? Should I use Medio-Passive Voice?
I found a root gʷérH- "to praise" which should be what you were looking for. It inflects as a nasal-infixed present in Vedic Sanskrit.
If we assume it did the same in PIE, and that the laryngeal was h₁, we could say that "I praise" could have been gʷr̩néh₁mi.

I'd never haerd of subjective and objective conjugations in PIE. Looking them up, I found out they are reconstructed for Proto-Uralic, and that they could be cognates to the familiar thematic and athematic conjugations of PIE. That is, if Indo-European and Uralic are related at all, which is totally unproven (for now).
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In Swedish we have.

Bära: carry, bear
Barn: child
Boren: born
Bår: stretcher
börda: burden.

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