Re: Maltese Phonology
| From: | Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 24, 2003, 16:50 |
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Ktabbe Eamon Graham:
AH, that was easy! It was in my bookmarks :-))
> I certainly will, and I'm sure I'll be bugging Yitzik's workshop
> with plenty of questions.
Yeah, yeah, my friend, you're always welcome! Makdamo bekheyro, as I used to
say in Rumiya (temporary abandoned)...
> I am a bit of a novice when it comes to
> Semitic languages. I've been fascinated by them for years, but only
> in the past two years have I begun to really educate myself about
> them.
They are deadly cool!
> These are all features that drew me to it as well. The sound is
> unmistakably Arabic, but it's so smooth and has that slight Romance
> sound to it.
Hehe. And my tribe went northwards, to Caucasian mountains. Thus, CLP04
(Lsanu) may sound even more harsh with ephatic consonants turned into
ejectives! But, to comfort you, I can say that pharyngals merged with
uvulars, so, my throat doesn't hurt [actually, it d*** hurts because of
allergy, but that's a side note]. Just imagine: |t`alle na g`ênu|
["t_>al:@\n6 "RE:nU] "dew of the eye" (=teardrop)...
> Cheers,
> Eamon
My best tebrikos (blessings) to you
Yitzik