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From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Friday, June 23, 2000, 10:52
>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 Lufkin, Texas USA http://communities.msn.com/DannysDoubleWideontheWeb ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com