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Re: dialects of Hebrew? & Lemba

From:Damian Yerrick <tepples@...>
Date:Friday, March 18, 2005, 2:37
"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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Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>