On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> 1. I am not interested in Arabic.
>
Maybe you should be.
Randall Buth
On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:45 AM, Randall Buth wrote:
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>> 3. There is no "gemination" today, >
>>
>> Arabic speakers don't know what you're talking about.
>> They have lengthened vowels and lengthened consonants,
>> aka 'gemination'. But once meaningful length drops,
>> then it is gone, like Greek and Hebrew.
>>
>> Randall Buth
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