On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 02:11:34 -0800 (PST),
enlil@... wrote:
>Richard:
>> If nunation and mimation are the same thing. Incidentally, why
>> can't 'Semitish' be 'North Semitic' rather than 'para-Semitic'?
>
>Because Miguel is convinced that the North Semitic were in
>Palestine and Syria only.
I have never said that. In fact I wouldn't normally use the term "North
Semitic" (I think I only applied it, loosely, to NW Semitic + East Semitic
versus Arabic (=SW Semitic) + South Semitic in connection with the
development of Proto-Semitic *s). The usual divisoon is between East
Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian-Babylonian), West Semitic ( = NW Semitic
[Ugaritic, Eblaite, Canaanite + Aramaic] + SW Semitic (= Arabic)) and South
Semitic (South Arabian + Ethiopic).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...