Middle Semitic/Phonology: Difference between revisions
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The basic shape of MS is the shared liquids (m, n, l, r, w, y), the begadkefat spirants (b/v, g/ɣ, d/ð, k/x, p/f, t/θ), other fricatives (h, ʕ, ħ, z, s, š), and the "emphatics" (ṣ, ṭ, q, ʔ). | The basic shape of MS is the shared liquids (m, n, l, r, w, y), the begadkefat spirants (b/v, g/ɣ, d/ð, k/x, p/f, t/θ), other fricatives (h, ʕ, ħ, z, s, š), and the "emphatics" (ṣ, ṭ, q, ʔ). Notice that Semitic studies has a long history of romanization which does not precisely map onto IPA. | ||
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! Voiced | ! Voiced | ||
| /b~v/ || /d~ð/ || /z/ || || /g~ɣ/ || /ʕ/ || | | /b~v/ || /d~ð/ || /z/ || || /g~ɣ/ || /ʕ~ʁ/ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Unvoiced | ! Unvoiced | ||
| /p~f/ || /t~θ/ || /s/ || / | | /p~f/ || /t~θ/ || /s/ || š=/ʃ/ || /k~x/ || ḥ=/χ~ħ/ || /h/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Emphatic | ! Emphatic | ||
| || / | | || ṭ=/t’~tˤ/ || ṣ=/ts~s’/ || || /q~k’/ || || /ʔ/ | ||
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! Approx. | ! Approx. | ||
| || /l/ || /r/ || /y/ || /w/ || || | | || /l/ || /r~ɾ/ || /y/ || /w/ || || | ||
|} | |} | ||