Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

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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