Explores vowel shortening and lengthening effects in Indo-Hittite, suggesting insights into ancient languages.
[In Indo-Hittite long vowels and diphthongs with long prior element were shortened before h. In Pre-Indo-European h was lost in all positions, and an immediately preceding vowel was lengthened if h had been followed by another consonant. These phonetic laws furnish an explanation of certain vowel alternations in Greek and Sanskrit which have hitherto been ascribed with some difficulty to ablaut.]
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