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  • From: Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mighty
  • Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 09:45:12 +1000

Jim obviously does think otherwise. I haven't read much on Akkadian for a while, but last I did the consensus was that Akkadian retained more of the consonants of Proto-Semitic than were represented in the syllabary. I just wanted Jim to consider that perhaps he was reading the evidence the wrong way around.

Kevin Riley

On 10/05/2011 9:31 AM, Yigal Levin wrote:
I'll have to admit that I never thought otherwise. Of course Akkadian
actually has what in Hebrew is called the Aleph. But then, I learned Akkadian
in Hebrew, so this was a natural assumption.

Yigal Levin

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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mighty

You might notice, just in passing, that all the Semitic languages except
Akkadian start words with a consonant. Therefore only Akkadian has an
initial A. Does that not suggest, especially when you take into account
everything known about Akkadian, that perhaps there was no initial 'true
vowel A', but in fact an ) ?

Kevin Riley

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