Re: another silly phonology question
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 1, 2000, 13:05 |
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At 13:02 2000-11-28 -0500, Steg Belsky wrote:
>If i remember correctly, only Egyptian Arabic has /g/. The others all
>pronounce that phoneme as /dZ/ or /Z/.
Correct, so extra-Egyptian Arabic has neither /p/ nor /g/. I always wonder
why Egyptian Arabic kept the older pronunciation. Coptic substrate influence?
/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)>
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