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Various pages and tools for working with non-Latin scripts
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[hebr/he] why does kaf get its dagesh variant sound but others do not #150

Closed bdenckla closed 1 year ago

bdenckla commented 1 year ago

[source] https://r12a.github.io/scripts/hebr/he

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Why does kaf get both of its sounds listed (x & k) but pe and bet do not. I.e.,

Are the contrasts from f to p and v to b viewed as not as significant as the contrast from x to k (and s to ʃ), and therefore they didn't "make the cut" in this list? I suppose I can understand that, although it is quite confusing to have such an implicit criteria operating. Or am I giving you too much benefit of the doubt and this is just an oversight?

These missing sounds are represented in the section on dagesh.

r12a commented 1 year ago
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