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Re: Consonantal Ayin



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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