Re: Arabic Questions
| From: | Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 27, 2004, 7:45 |
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Katav Steg Belsky:
> On Sep 26, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Isaac A. Penzev wrote:
> > In Arabic (as most other Semitic lgs, e.g. Biblical Hebrew) V-initial
> > syllables are impossible, so there is no /?/::/0/ contrast.
>
> I thought Arabic does have vowel-initial words, hence the opposition
> between alif-hamza and plain alif.
*yitzik looking into his Arabic dictionary 8-(
hmm. It seems you are right. Never payed attention to the fact that 'son' is
_ibn_, not _*?ibn_. I should have expected it, since _ibn_ supposedly <
_*b@n_
*scratching his head
ObConlang: I shoul consider possibility to integrate this feature into one
of my Semitic projects.
Yitzik