Re: New to the List, too
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 23, 2000, 16:26 |
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 05:52:48 CDT Danny Wier <dawier@...> writes:
> >From: Vima Kadphises <vima_kadphises@...>
> >One such element is de, which is found in Aramaic. D (in Old
> Aramaic, Z)
> >is derived from Proto-Semitic *ðv-, which appears as the
> demonstrative
> >pronoun in several languages (Hebrew zeh, zu; Phoenician Z, etc).
> In
> That means 'edh-vowel' right? I have a question -- I was studying
> Proto-Semitic (and tried to find Proto-Afroasiatic data). In South
> Arabian
> (not Arabic) languages, the 'emphatic d' corresponds to a consonant
> transliterated as z' (z-acute). Since s-acute, found in Old Hebrew,
> is
> supposedly a voiceless lateral fricative, the z-acute is probably
> the voiced lateral fricative.
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> Is there other evidence of this?
>
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I dunno...that sounds more like the "emphatic edh", which i've always
seen described as lateralized, as well. (and the only emphatic which is).
I don't see anything strange with seeing S-acute as a voiceless lateral
fricative, although it seems to be a pretty unstable sound, merging with
/s/ in Hebrew and Aramaic, and with /S/ in Arabic....and with /T/ in my
sketchy Unnamed Semitic Conlang project. :-)
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