Re: New to the List, too

>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.

According to the pro-Nostratic cadre, this consonant was originally a
lateral affricate, /dl/ (or a laterally-released /d/).  S-acute is linked to
a voiceless counterpart: /tL/ or /L/ (where L is IPA l-curl, the voiceless
lateral fricative).

Is there other evidence of this?

Daniel A. Wier  ¶¦¬þ
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