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Re: [T] -> [f] (was: Chinese Dialect Question)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 18:24
Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> But what do you mean by "an English Koine"? I thought > Koine was Greek.
A koine is a language variety that results from a fusion of dialects, taking some features from each. Koine Greek is the prototypical koine; Yiddish is essentially the modern descendant of a koine of Middle High German dialects, mixed with Slavic and Hebrew. -- Do NOT stray from the path! John Cowan <jcowan@...> --Gandalf http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

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Joe <joe@...>
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>Koine (was: [T] -> [f] etc.)