A.F :
Khoisan Cognates :
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=> BeiJing Dao4
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Proto-Khoisan
: *de [˜]
Meaning : many
Sandawe : *dē
=> BeiJing duo1
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Proto-Khoisan
: *diʔa [˜]
Meaning : egg
Sandawe : *diʔa
=> BeiJing dan4
Is it not Fascinating !?
that it works.
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Now as far as Arabic is concerned,
this language displays a very high level of
segmental "instability" :
Verbs meaning to cut :
batta, batara, barata, batala, balata, sabata,
bataka.
r and l are both infixes and suffixes.
And there are hundreds of examples like
that.
Most affixes can
appear anywhere :
rashsh : sprinkle water
t?a-rash
Hamâ : to be angry
Ha-t?-am
Hamm : black
Hama-t?a : black blood
It is always hard to know which two consonants
might be the "real" root.
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Arnaud