Cerebralization in Sindhi

Abstract

One of the striking differences between the phonetic systems of Indo-Aryan and its parent Indo-European is the existence in the former of the cerebral series of sounds as well as the dental. These appear among the stops, the nasals, the sibilants, and later among the liquids also. Thus opposed to Indo-European t th d dh, n, s z, l r we find in the various Indo-Aryan languages the two series— t th d dh, n, s *z, l r ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh, ṇ, ṣ *ẓ, ḷ ṛ ṛh. Of these, * z * ẓ belong to the prehistoric and ṛ ṛh to the modern period.