Re: Phonology Help (Aramaic and Pashto)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 18, 2002, 15:13 |
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:34:18 +0100 Eamon Graham <robertg@...>
writes:
> The main issue are the Aramaic emphatic consonants. I'll be
> honest:
> I'm not quite sure what they are or how they would fit in to such a
> scheme. Little help? :)
> Cheers,
> Eamon
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I don't know about Modern Aramaic (=Syraic?), but supposedly common
Semitic emphatics were originally glottalized. Modern Arabic uses
pharyngealization or velarization, instead. According to the
"Pronunciations of Hebrew" article in the Encyclopedia Judaica,
Aramaic-speaking Jews pronounce Hebrew's emphatics as velarized, so i'd
assume that's how Aramaic emphatics are pronounced too.
-Stephen (Steg)
"it's SNOWING!!!!!"
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