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Is the glottalic theory becoming mainstream?
PIE is usually reconstructed to have three series of stops: voiced, voiceless, and breathy. According to the Leiden version of the glottalic theory, at the Late PIE, those were (pre)glottalised, fortis, and lenis. (Perhaps voicing wasn't a phonemic characteristic, though it could exist allophonically. Kinda like in modern Korean, I guess?)
Kortlandt provides quite a few arguments in favor of the glottalic theory here.
Kloekhorst's conclusion here.
Are there any arguments against this interpretation of the glottalic theory?
u/Utkozavr — 5 days ago