User:Taivo

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I have a PhD in Linguistics and specialize in the historical linguistics of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages in the Great Basin of the United States. I also do work on comparative linguistic theory, especially the role of chance as it relates to mass comparison. I'm a moderate on the issue of deep reconstruction. That means that I don't necessarily think that there are few, if any, deep-level groups (a la Dixon, Campbell, and Foley), but I certainly do not think that comparative methodology can proceed into continent-wide groupings by just using mass comparison (a la Greenberg and Ruhlen). I don't think that Australian, Amerind, or Altaic have been demonstrated, the jury's still out on Pama-Nyungan, Austro-Tai, Trans-New Guinea, and Austroasiatic, while Indo-European, Uto-Aztecan, and Sino-Tibetan are pretty firm.

1 Pages I've created
2 Major Edits (at least a paragraph)
3 A Guide to Phonetic Symbols I Like and Use
4 My Real Name

[edit] Pages I've created

Timbisha language

[edit] Major Edits (at least a paragraph)

Death Valley, Death Valley National Park, Saline Valley, California, Owens Valley

[edit] A Guide to Phonetic Symbols I Like and Use

The following is a guide to typing phonetic symbols in Wikipedia. Into the frame __, type the following symbol or number (following &# and followed by ;):

Pulmonic Consonants

Plosives: p (p); b (b); (there are no satisfying symbols available for labiodental plosives); t̼ (t, 828); d̼ (d, 828); t̪ (t, 810); d̪ (d, 810); t (t); d (d); ʈ (648); ɖ (598); c (c); ɟ (607); k (k); g (g); q (q); ɢ (610); ʡ (673); ʔ (660)

Nasals: m (m); ɱ (625); n̼ (n, 828); n̪ (n, 810); n (n); ɳ (627); ɲ (626); ŋ (331); ɴ (628)

Trills: ʙ (665); r̪ (r, 810); r (r); ʀ (640)

Flaps: ɾ̪ (638, 810); ɾ (638); ɽ (637)

Fricatives: ɸ (632); β (946); f (f); v (v); θ̼ (952, 828); ð̼ (ð, 828) [ASCII 240]; θ (952); ð (ð) [ASCII 240]; s̪ (s, 810); z̪ (z, 810); s (s); z (z); ʃ (643); ʒ (658); ʂ (642); ʐ (656); ç (ç) [ASCII 231]; ʝ (669); x (x); ɣ (611); χ (967); ʁ (641); ħ (295); ʕ (661); ʜ (668); ʢ (674); h (h); ɦ (614)