Re: the letter H
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 16, 2003, 10:21 |
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Isnerq Azrayaelaer
>For Greek, i dont believe the sound exists phonemically, perhaps
>a mispronounciation of theta would suffice,
>but the goddess "Hera" does come to mind...
>
>-Azrael
The answer is that ancient Greek had the /h/ sound,
which was, as Padraig said, marked with a diacritic,
but modern Greek has lost the sound. In modern loan-
words it is indicated with X.
/BP 8^)
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