Re: Nubia (WAS- Re: Limitations of the comparative method)

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Loprieno is excellent - even when I disagree with him.

I believe the skeleton is n-w-b, nawab with -awa- contract to -â- as in
Semitic languages. Later in Egyptian, vowels in contact with nasals were
rounded - â to û.
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On what grounds do you change the skeleton of a word ?
there is complete agreement for n_b_w in sources.

As for *awa > *â (=impossible)
Egyptian m_w_.t "mother"
Reconstruction : mawat
Coptic : maau.
Hence refuted.

Arnaud
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If Egyptian <b> ever disappears, it will have to be very rare since it is
regularly <b> in Coptic.

In my opinion, the principal reason for using biliterals was to indicate
internal vowels not indicated in the regular alphabet.

Patrick

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Vowels are *NEVER* indicated
and sometimes weak consonants like ? l r n are omitted.
Arnaud
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