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Re: Consonantal Ayin
- From: I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>
- Subject: Re: Consonantal Ayin
- Date: Wed 06 Mar 2002 20.40 (GMT)
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net wrote:
> The "n" in the name Yankl and "Yankev" corresponds
> to such a consonant. There is also a nasalization on
> the long "ah" vowel sometimes heard in the word for
> "story" ("maase") which can also be pronounced with a
> real "n" ("manseh" or "maynseh").
And Ma'ariv is often pronounced as Mayref, which is
also a consonant rendition of the vocal 'Ayin.
Irwin
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