Sound-correspondence laws of word-initial consonants between proto-lndo-European and Austronesian languages

摘要

A macrocomparative analysis of the consonant systems of Indo-European (IE) and Austronesian (AN) language families elucidated 43 word-initial consonant-correspondence laws between proto-IE (pIE) and AN (proto-AN (pAN), proto-Malayo-Polynesian (pMP), MP, Oceanic (OC), etc.). pIE was concluded to have emerged from an eastern MP (E.MP) language closely akin to Bali-Sasak languages. Characteristic features in the emergence of new consonants from pre-existing consonant systems have been elucidated.