Re: Proto-Semitic (was Re: markjjones@HOTMAIL.COM)

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:58:15 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:

>> Where can that chart be found?
>
>http://www.bartleby.com/61/JPG/proto.jpg
Thanks.  Actually, though, the American Heritage Dictionary stuff is rather
out-of-date, both for Semitic and IE.  There's a more recent reconstruction
of Semitic phonology here:

http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/LingWWW/LIN325/Notes/Phonology.pdf

It's not much different, though.

>> Did Proto-Semitic presumably have /ts)/ as well?
>
>Yup.
>What's listed on the chart as _Alveolar Affricates_, even though
>they're written with just "s" and "z", seem to have been affricates
>originally.
The chart I posted above has alveolar fricatives instead of affricates.  It
also has a post-alveolar fricative /S/.

>> Finally, are there any good Proto-Semitic resources online?
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>
>http://starling.rinet.ru/Intrab.htm
>has a Semitic etymological database, along with similar databases for
>other language families.
Thanks.  I was looking at it, but then its server went down for some reason.

>I can send you some PDFs that i've downloaded from
>i-remember-not-where, if you want.
Sure.

- Rob