[b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer
Yigal Levin
leviny1 at mail.biu.ac.il
Sun Feb 1 02:16:31 EST 2009
I'm not sure what "velarized" means, but practically no speakers of Hebrew
(including non-speakers who read Hebrew in prayer or study) actually
pronounce Tet differently than Tav. For most, they are like J and hard (or
is it soft?) G in English - pronounced the same, but any educated person
does not confuse them in spelling.
Yigal Levin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley at alphalink.com.au>
To: "B Hebrew" <b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer
>
> Probably showing way more ignorance than is good for me, but how
> widespread
> is this confusion of tet and taw? Is tet no longer pronounced as a
> velarised /t/?
>
> Kevin Riley
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Yigal Levin
> Date: 1/02/2009 5:34:21 PM
>
> I agree. The present system has one Latin letter or sign for each Hebrew
> Letter. The fact that most of us pronounce Tav and Tet the same does not
> Make them the same letter. Representing the vowels is more difficult, but
> Usually less important to our discussions.
> But as George has already stated, what's important is that we make
> ourselves
>
> Understood.
>
> Yigal
>
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