The Month ʾdr in Safaitic and the Status of Spirantisation in ‘Arabian’ Aramaic
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This article discusses the status of spirantisation in the Aramaic of Arabia based on transcriptions in Safaitic and other ancient Arabian languages. I suggest that ‘Arabian’ Aramaic pronunciation stems from an archaic variety of the language introduced by the Babylonians and Achaemenids in the mid-first millennium BCE. This variety lacked post-vocalic spirantisation and formed the basis for the local pronunciation of later Aramaic varieties, accounting for the archaic phonology of Aramaic loans into Arabian languages.
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The Month ʾdr in Safaitic and the Status of Spirantisation in ‘Arabian’ Aramaic
In: Aramaic StudiesSearch for other papers by Ahmad Al-Jallad in
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This article discusses the status of spirantisation in the Aramaic of Arabia based on transcriptions in Safaitic and other ancient Arabian languages. I suggest that ‘Arabian’ Aramaic pronunciation stems from an archaic variety of the language introduced by the Babylonians and Achaemenids in the mid-first millennium BCE. This variety lacked post-vocalic spirantisation and formed the basis for the local pronunciation of later Aramaic varieties, accounting for the archaic phonology of Aramaic loans into Arabian languages.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 287 | 50 | 9 |
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| PDF Views & Downloads | 169 | 7 | 1 |