What Effect Has Contact with Arabic Had on the Glottal Consonants in Western and Central Neo-Aramaic?

The present article examines whether the glottal stop /ʔ/ and glottal fricative /h/ in Western Neo-Aramaic and Central Neo-Aramaic have been influenced by contact with Arabic. Both dialect groups are examined together, because both have been in extensive contact with Arabic, and both have retained t...

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Main Author: Bunis, Ivri J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 96-130
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aramaic language / Arabic language / Semitic languages
Further subjects:B gutturals
B historical phonology
B Central Neo-Aramaic
B Western Neo-Aramaic
B Aramaic historical linguistics
B contact with Arabic
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