Hello Kevin: Thanks for your comments.
I can appreciate your distinction between alphabet and language. The tie that binds greek and hebrew, phoenician alphabet, appears to me, however, more than a matter of form. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Greek_alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hebrew_alphabet I just don't see why (cognate to hebrew) ugarit language (for example, but without limitation) instructs the understanding of biblical hebrew; whereas ancient greek does not do so. regards, fred burlingame On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Kevin Riley <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes - the sequences are similar because the sequence was borrowed with the > alphabet. No one is questioning the borrowing of the alphabet. But sharing > an alphabet does not make two languages 'cognate' - at least, not as that > term is usually used. > > Kevi Riley > > > On 25/11/2010 9:45 AM, Hedrick Gary wrote: > >> Not to add fuel to the fire here, but one cannot help being struck by some >> of the similarities in sequences, even between Hebrew, English, and Greek. >> >> qof, resh, shin, tav >> p, q, r, s, t >> pi, rho, sigma, tau >> >> Gary Hedrick >> San Antonio, Texas USA >> >> On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Kevin Riley wrote: >> >> The *alphabets* have a common ancestor. That is not the same as the >>> *languages* being cognate. As far back as there is reliable evidence, Greek >>> and Hebrew are not cognate languages. In terms of language, if there was a >>> 'proto-Canaanite', then it is the mother of Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, >>> Ammonite, etc, but not of Greek. >>> >>> Kevin Riley >>> >>> On 25/11/2010 4:41 AM, fred burlingame wrote: >>> >>>> affirmative; the common parent = proto-canaanite. >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> >>>> fred burlingame >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Christopher Kimball< >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Is Greek usually considered a cognate language of Hebrew? >>>>> >>>>> Chris Kimball >>>>> West Redding, CT >>>>> USA >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>> b-hebrew mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
