I'll have to admit that I never thought otherwise. Of course Akkadian actually has what in Hebrew is called the Aleph. But then, I learned Akkadian in Hebrew, so this was a natural assumption.
Yigal Levin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Riley Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mighty You might notice, just in passing, that all the Semitic languages except Akkadian start words with a consonant. Therefore only Akkadian has an initial A. Does that not suggest, especially when you take into account everything known about Akkadian, that perhaps there was no initial 'true vowel A', but in fact an ) ? Kevin Riley _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
