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Semitic rhotic questions -- part 2

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Saturday, November 8, 2003, 14:47
--- Adam Walker <carrajena@...> wrote:
> 1. Does anyone know with any acceptable degree of > certainty what the actual value of the Biblical > Hebrew > rhotic was?
Okay. For my purposes, I'm convinced (enough) that a trill in the "correct" value and will be asjusting my Hebrew loans accordingly. The following questions (except 2)have not yet been touched upon.
> > 2. Is that value (if it is "known") considered > consistant with other Semitic langs (eg. Phonecian) > of > that branch? > > 3. What is the value of the rhotic in Classical > Arabic? > > 4. What is the value in the major modern dialects, > especially those of North Africa, Egyptian, Dardja > and > Moroccan? > > Okay only one more question and then I'll go back to > my corner. Is anyone here competent in liturgical > Syriac? > > Adam > > > ===== > Fached il prori ul pañeveju djul atexindu mutu chu. > -- Carrajena proverb
===== Fached il prori ul pañeveju djul atexindu mutu chu. -- Carrajena proverb

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Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>