tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407840403433424940.post3301813013728565707..comments2023-06-12T00:43:52.680-07:00Comments on Minoan language blog: Solution for a problem: evolution of Linear A & B signsAndras Zekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15850805830621290277noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407840403433424940.post-6659355686800275152012-06-16T19:20:38.003-07:002012-06-16T19:20:38.003-07:00Hello.
I found this blog some days ago while searc...Hello.<br />I found this blog some days ago while searching for infos about Minoan.<br />Firstly I would like to say that you have some interesting theories to solve some of the problems to find the phonetic value of the signs, but...<br />About the idea of a ZI syllable:<br />do you think that the phonetic value of the Z series was indeed /z/+vowel? I don't know, but since voiced obstruent consonants seem to be rare in Minoan (with the exception of D), I was thinking that the Z series would actually represent a palatal consonant, like KJ /kʲ/. This idea comes from the fact that greek leter zeta Ζζ evolved from palatalized consonants in Proto-Indo-European and Pre-Greek, like dj,kj,tj... and its phonetic value in Attic greek is usually assumed as being /zd/. So maybe in Mycenean its pronuncation was still somewhat palatal, maybe a true palatal consonant like /c/ or /ɉ/. So it would be highly unlikely for a "ZI" syllable to exist.<br />What's your opinion about that?<br /><br />Regards,<br />Piter Kehoma BollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com