Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Phoenetically similar?
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:26:14 +1000
yahua'sef wrote:
> [...]
> Are the "r" and "l" interchangable, such as in the case in some Oriental
> Languages, for instance Nihongo (Japanese)?
Definitely. One example is "Pereshet" in Egyptian but "Pileshet" in Hebrew.
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GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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