I think we can say that modern (Israeli) Hebrew is affected by European pronunciation (note probable shifts in the pronunciation of ו, ע, and ר), but it is still in structure a Semitic language, through and through.
GEORGE ATHAS Director of Postgraduate Studies, Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) Sydney, Australia From: K Randolph <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:45:19 -0700 To: "Barry H." <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: B-Hebrew <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hello. I just joined. For those of us who grew up speaking European languages (all of us?), which would include modern Israeli Hebrew, _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
