[LUTE] Re: Translation for Ladino text.

[Stephen Arndt]

Thank you, Bernd, Alan, and Mathias. That is all very interesting. I checked 
in the unabridged Lidell and Scott (the most comprehensive Greek-English 
dictionary), and there was nothing beginning with "mp." In modern Cyrillic 
the "b" sound is represented by a letter that looks like an Italic lower 
case "b" and the "v" sound by one that looks like an upper case "b" (more or 
less). Perhaps Roman knows whether Cyrill himself used those.

Stephen

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From: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Translation for Ladino text.


>
Did you mistype something? I never saw a Greek word beginning with "mp".


copy

Μπερμπάντης

to search engine and have a look :-)

I seem to remember that in the preclassic times quite
some words started with "mp-", then reduced to b.
I also remember having seen this combination on
on road signs in  Athens last year, but perhaps the sun
was too hot..

Mathias, Markus,... :-))

best wishes and
HAPPY EASTER for the orthodox friends

B.





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