Re: dialects of Hebrew? & Lemba

"Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
> Some theorize, however, that Classical
> Tiberian Hebrew also had a uvular R, due to its inclusion in the
> category of _gutterals_.  However, unlike the pharyngeal consonants,
> /r/ doesn't 'drag vowels with it' to be /a/, which is why i'm more of a
> fan of the theory that /r/ was originally a dental/alveolar flap/tap or
> trill.  The main quality of 'guttural' consonants in Hebrew is their
> resistance to being geminates, which in the case of a flap/tap or
> trilled front R also makes sense.
That is, unless (as in Spanish) a geminated flap/tap is realized
as a trill.

--
Damian

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