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==Revived Hebrew== | ==Revived Hebrew== | ||
Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jewish immigrants in the Americas. Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent, but with an English touch: | Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jewish immigrants in the Americas. In addition to new coinages, there are some Togarmite loans such as סיף ['sajif] from Togarmite ''seif'' and roots cognatized from Togarmite. | ||
Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent, but with an English touch: | |||
* /p t k/ are aspirated | * /p t k/ are aspirated | ||
* "overuse" of glottal reinforcement: the Revived Hebrew phonemes /p t k ts/ are realized as [ʔp ʔt ʔk ʔts] after a vowel or /m n l/. | * "overuse" of glottal reinforcement: the Revived Hebrew phonemes /p t k ts/ are realized as [ʔp ʔt ʔk ʔts] after a vowel or /m n l/. | ||