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    Nassim Nicholas Taleb‏Verified account @nntaleb 16 Apr 2020

    PHILOLOGY DU JOUR Question: In Judeo-Arabic Baghdad seems to be spelled בגדד not בעדד(with a gimmel not a ghayn) (unlike more historical غزة-> עזה or Gomorrah עֲמֹרָה not גמֹרָה from transliteration Γομορραν) (pharyngeal [ʕ] not epiglottal [ʢ.) When was the غ lost in Hebrew?

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      2. David Boxenhorn‏ @davidboxenhorn 16 Apr 2020
        Replying to @nntaleb

        It seems to have been preserved in some local dialects after it was lost in the dialect that was written down

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      3. Nassim Nicholas Taleb‏Verified account @nntaleb 16 Apr 2020
        Replying to @davidboxenhorn

        Why do the Jewish Bagdadis use a gimmel?

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      1. اسکوطیاج‏ @eskoutiaj 16 Apr 2020
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      2. Ari Engel‏ @AriEngelPoker 16 Apr 2020
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        Are you mispronouncing ayin as ghayn (never heard of that) or is my medium level hebrew knowledge lacking? Either way, interesting observation

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      3. KO_Sulli‏ @KO_Sulli 16 Apr 2020
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        The cognates that have ع and غ have both merged into the single consonant ע

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      1. KO_Sulli‏ @KO_Sulli 16 Apr 2020
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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-h99ieUdIw …

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      2. Dr. Eli David‏Verified account @DrEliDavid 16 Apr 2020
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        The Arabic غ is usually transliterated in Hebrew to ע (or ע' with an apostrophe after ע) but sometimes also ג as in Baghdad. I don't think there is a rule or historical reason either way. Note also that G sometimes becomes غ in Arabic, e.g., Bulgaria بلغاريا

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      3. Overmorrow‏ @gepfropft 16 Apr 2020
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        (as arabic lacks the letter G)

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      1. KO_Sulli‏ @KO_Sulli 16 Apr 2020
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        https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Jz94CFeXvn4J:https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/ancient-alphabet/ghayin.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us …

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      1. JK‏ @JKenny_47 16 Apr 2020
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        Asking as a practicing Jew. Is it ghayn or ayin? I have always been taught that it was ayin, but in traditional pronunciation that was retained by Sephardim (my family), the ayin (normally silent) had more of a guttural pronunciation (like the Swedish 'hej'). Am I missing summet?

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