An Introduction to the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages: Phonolgy and MorphologySabatino Moscati |
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Akkadian Akkadian Ugaritic Hebrew Amorite analogy anaptyxis ancient appears articulation assimilation attested Biblical Aramaic Canaanite century A.D. classical Arabic consonantal consonants corresponds dental dialects diphthongs dissimilation e.g. Akk e.g. Heb element emphatic ending Ethiopic feminine final vowel fricative graphic Hamito-Semitic Hebrew Hebrew Syriac Arabic inscriptions interdental laryngal lengthening linguistic long vowels Mandaean masculine Masoretic matres lectionis mimation modern South Arabian morphemes Nabataean North-West Semitic nouns nunation occurs Old Akkadian Old Babylonian original participle patterns pharyngals phenomenon Phoenician phonetic plosives plural position prefix-conjugation pronoun pronunciation Proto Proto-Semitic root second millennium B.C. Semitic area Semitic languages semivowel short vowels simple stem Soden South Arabian South Semitic stem with prefix stress suffixes symbols Syriac Tell Amarna glosses theme timbre Ugaritic Ugaritic Hebrew Syriac Ullendorff variant various languages velar verbs vocalization voiceless vowel harmony West Semitic