Re: Arabo-Romance (was Re: Arabic transliteration)
| From: | Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 22, 2002, 9:39 |
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A Kintafeyra, 21 be Noyembre 2002 07:10:03 -0500 John Cowan eskribiw:
<<<all the Romance languages faithfully retain the
feminine gender of MANUS>>>
Oh yes, even Rumiya (an Arabo-Romance conlang of mine)!
It's still |l; m;n| {la; ma;nu} _la mano_ there.
Maybe because in Semitic langs the names of body parts forming a pair, are
all feminine... That's why in Rumiya they also say |l;s ;wZs| {la;s ;-wZus}
_las ojos_...
Note: |translit| -- {vocalised translit} -- _romaji_
Yitzik
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