Proper notation of PIE phonemes People here are confused between how phonemes are represented in attested languages versus protolanguages While its true that for example a protosound like p is a phoneme and that it may be represented as p when pronounced as such its not true that these symbols are simply interchangeable with IPA notation The phoneme h CANNOT be represented in IPA notation as h whatsoever because h is not a valid IPA symbol Depending on the theories of the IEist in question regarding the pronunciation of h however the sound may be represented as some universally recognized IPA symbol such as x for example a velar fricative Mixing up these notations belies vast ignorance of the topic Less editing more reading