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Re: dialects of Hebrew? & Lemba

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 9:56
I know nothing about Hebrew. Is the uvular r of some speakers a german
borrowing?

> > "Dialect" here seemingly = 'accent' or 'pronunciation style'. > Hebrew as pronounced in Iberia did not lose the distinction between [b] > and [v] (in fact, Ladino didn't lose it either), and |reish| was > pronounced alveolar/dental. This is how it is still pronounced in > Sefardic accents today. >

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Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>