From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 56583
Date: 2008-04-03
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Re: Mitanni and Matsya
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> 3 stands for vowel /a/
> so this is closer to xar than xur.
>
> But this word means slave not Hurri.
>
> Arnaud
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In English, we say <Hurrian> not <Hurri>.
<3> stands for [a:].
<x> is a voiceless dorsal spirant not [?] or even [H] or [h].
The Egyptians liked pale-skinned slaves.
Patrick
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