Re: NATLANGS: What's that writing system?
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 10:36 |
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On 7/11/06, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On 7/11/06, Paul Joseph Schleitwiler, FCM <pjschleitwilerfcm@...> wrote:
> [about German "Thal"]
> > The 'th' represents an aspirated t, not a Þ.
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> Is that what it is?
In general, I assume so, just as TH originally represented /t_h/
(theta) as opposed to /t/ (tau) in the many Latin borrowings from
Greek. Of course, both theta and its Roman transcription changed
over time to refer to /T/ instead. So my question about (A)Ethiopia
was, basically, "has this word been around long enough to have
participated in that change", and the answer appears to be "yes".
Thanks for the informative replies.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>