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Re: Arabic Questions

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Monday, September 27, 2004, 20:11
J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:


> Would this mean that there can be a three way distinction: /?/ - /?\/ -
/0/? Why not? At least /?/ ~ /?\/ opposition is pretty common in Semitic lgs, e.g. BHe ["?ajin] 'there is no' vs. ["?\ajin] 'eye'. -- Yitzik