sum mongolian g weeks ago posted query historical source epenthetic g appears certain stemfinal suffixinitial vowels mongolian sergej krylov knew mongolian specifically message appears remarks epenthetic g mongolian far know 1 hard words phonetically g fricative sound written phonetically greek gamma soft words g note traditional terms hard soft words back front recpectively least khalkha terms hard soft preferable 2 historically epenthesis contrary proto mongolian long vowels short vowels corresponding modern mongolian morae halves long syllables g old mongolian script shows rather clearly g became weakened vowels fully omitted instead two syllables appeared twomorae long syllables phonological positions elision g namely two sequences type v g v followed vgv vv long v vgv vgv vvgvv long v g long v suffixes initial vgv unfortunately nt know represent gamma transcriptional symbol length email system write g long result process modern mongolian epenthesis appeared direction diachronic sound changes necessarily coincide direction sound alternation viewed purely synchronic point view example mongolian epenthesis one examples remarks clear enough explain separately sincerely sergej krylov ursula doleschal ursula doleschal wuwien ac institut f slawische sprachen wirtschaftsuniv wien augasse 9 1090 wien austria tel 43 131336 4115 fax 43 131336 744