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First, thank you, Miguel, for all the information you provided me on
the two Semitic questions I had awhile back. That helped me out
immensely. Thanks for taking your time to type all that out.
I always had trouble trying to tell whether authors meant "voiceless
interdental fricative" or "voiceless aspirated stop". So, apparently,
as you said, something like Anat/Anath would be aspirated, but I
became a bit confused when you said: "As it happens, the /S/ found in
the Akkadian and NW Semitic word for Ishtar/Astarte corresponds to an
Arabic /T/ (English "th", interdental fricative)" ...I didn't see "th"
on your chart there under the Arabic column. Also, with the *t for
Hebrew, you put in three values: "t, th, -h". Are all three valid,
like a pick-and-choose sort of thing, or are they each found in
certian environments? (Or am I completely misreading/misunderstanding
this?) Also, is Hebrew (Hebrew and the other NWS langs, or just
Hebrew?) the only one with "th"? I didn't see it anywhere else, so I
was just wondering. One last thing - what is the period for? (ex:
"t.") Sorry about not knowing how to write/interpret properly online.
Still new at it.
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I wasn't sure how to interpret this... Is Ugaritic from
Proto-Canaanite like you show Hebrew and Phoenician to be, or is it a
separate branch like you show Aramaic to be? And does Canaanite fall
under the PC line with H & P, or is it to be considered the forerunner
of H & P?
Thanks again! It is much appreciated.