09-07-2003, 04:05 AM
Hi Akh,
I think that these particular vowels in modern Eastern Aramaic probably originated later and that's why the Western doesn't have them. It's impossible for us to know whether or not the ancient pronunciation had them - but I doubt it, otherwise the various Western dialects should have preserved some memory of them.
I think the vowels that we share in common, like Pthakha, Khwasa and Sqapa, are probably the ones that existed in the classical tongue.
I think that these particular vowels in modern Eastern Aramaic probably originated later and that's why the Western doesn't have them. It's impossible for us to know whether or not the ancient pronunciation had them - but I doubt it, otherwise the various Western dialects should have preserved some memory of them.
I think the vowels that we share in common, like Pthakha, Khwasa and Sqapa, are probably the ones that existed in the classical tongue.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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