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  • From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
  • To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Biblical Pronunciation of Waw and Ayin
  • Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:13:02 +1000



>-----Original Message-----
>From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Karl Randolph
>
>Fernando:
>
>When I studied Hebrew in college, I was told that Yemenite Jews
>pronounced “waw” as an English “w”. Pronouncing it as an English
>“v” comes from German (Yiddisch) which doesn’t have that sound.
>
>As for the Ayin, I was not given such clear information.
>
>Karl W. Randolph.
>
>From memory, all Oriental Jews pronounce 'Ayin as in Arabic. Thinking about
it, almost all are from areas where Semitic languages are used, and now I am
curious about the central Asian Jews - anyone know?

Kevin Riley





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