Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>]

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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> 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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