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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

The may exist in Hotentote, but they don't exist in Hebrew. What is  
"Consider Akkadian"?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 2, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>    They exist now. Just consider Arabic as an example.
>  There is no reason to assume that they didn't exist
>  before. Consider Akkadian as an example.
>
>   And take a look at the meter of Medieval Hebrew
>   poetry.
>
>   Uri Hurwitz                          Wilmington VT
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> I don't believe in short and long vowels. They don't
> exist now, and  there is no reason for them to have
>  existed before. Prof. Blau seems  to have a lively
>  imagination.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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