Re: [tied] Re: Laryngeals in IE

From: Âàäèì Ïîíàðÿäîâ
Message: 31751
Date: 2004-04-06

>> Really, Assyrian (and cuneiform writing at all) had no signs
for
phonemes more back then velar/uvular. Perhaps, Hebrew spelling can
help? Is Hebrew or Phoenician word for Assur known? Although,
unfortunately, Hebrew has no words with initial vowels. So there
automatically is to be a glottal stop. But another laringeals can
testify that they were also in Assyrian.

> Hebrew has aleph in the
word for Assur.

So, no certainty... Assyrian still may have the aleph (= glottal stop) as well, and may have no initial consonant.