The Month ʾdr in Safaitic and the Status of Spirantisation in "Arabian" Aramaic

This article discusses the status of spirantisation in the Aramaic of Arabia based on transcriptions in Safaitic and other ancient Arabian languages. I suggest that "Arabian" Aramaic pronunciation stems from an archaic variety of the language introduced by the Babylonians and Achaemenids i...

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Main Author: Al-Jallad, Ahmad 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-170
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Semitic studies / Nabatean language / Arabic language / Safaitic / Palmyra
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Nabataean Aramaic
B Old Arabic
B Epigraphy
B Palmyrene Aramaic
B Ancient North Arabian
B comparative semitics
B spirantisation
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Summary:This article discusses the status of spirantisation in the Aramaic of Arabia based on transcriptions in Safaitic and other ancient Arabian languages. I suggest that "Arabian" Aramaic pronunciation stems from an archaic variety of the language introduced by the Babylonians and Achaemenids in the mid-first millennium BCE. This variety lacked post-vocalic spirantisation and formed the basis for the local pronunciation of later Aramaic varieties, accounting for the archaic phonology of Aramaic loans into Arabian languages.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10013