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Re: Phonology Help (Aramaic and Pashto)

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Monday, November 18, 2002, 15:40
 --- Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote: > 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 > - > > 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. >
is there any difference in the pronunciation of emphatics in modern hebrew ? i don't trust the evidence of the uk jewish friends i've asked as they tend to be phone deaf and unable to speak more than a few words bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com