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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yemenite Hebrew
  • Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:49:11 -0400

Listen to Wiki: "It is believed by some scholars that its (Yemani) phonology was heavily influenced by spoken Yemeni Arabic". As a matter of fact, I know a Tripolitani עובר לפני התיבה who systematically turns every Kof into a Xet, thus:
בעגלא ובזמן חריב

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 31, 2010, at 7:16 AM, Yigal Levin wrote:

This seems to be fairly concise, but remember it is a Wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_Hebrew.

But to a certain extent, I get the feeling that the idea that the Yemenite
pronunciation is the "original" is more romanticist than linguistic.

Yigal Levin

-----Original Message-----
From: Arnaud Fournet [mailto:fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:52 PM
To: Yigal Levin
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yemenite Hebrew


There are scholars who believe Yemenite Hebrew is closest to ancient
Hebrew.

Jack Kilmon

***

May we learn more about Yemenite Hebrew, especially from a phonetic point of

view?

Regards.

Arnaud Fournet




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