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Would people be interested in an online reading club of an early #judaeoarabic Bible translation written in a phonetic writing?
I'd put up a weekly Google Doc with text with Hebrew and English parallel, and you'd be able to place comments and observations. #judeoarabicreading
I'd put up a weekly Google Doc with text with Hebrew and English parallel, and you'd be able to place comments and observations. #judeoarabicreading
Classical Judeo-Arabic is a calque on standard Arabic orthography and does not give very direct insight into how it was pronounced.
Phonetic writing is a direct transcription of what is being said, this allows one to get a unique insight into the pronunciation of Judeo-Arabic.
Phonetic writing is a direct transcription of what is being said, this allows one to get a unique insight into the pronunciation of Judeo-Arabic.
For example Proverbs 15:26:
כורה ארב פיכר אסו ואטהירה עינדוה אקואל אלואדׄיחה אנעימה
Hebrew parallel:
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה, מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע; וּטְהֹרִים, אִמְרֵי-נֹעַם.
English:
The thoughts of wickedness are an abomination to the LORD; but words of pleasantness are pure.
כורה ארב פיכר אסו ואטהירה עינדוה אקואל אלואדׄיחה אנעימה
Hebrew parallel:
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה, מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע; וּטְהֹרִים, אִמְרֵי-נֹעַם.
English:
The thoughts of wickedness are an abomination to the LORD; but words of pleasantness are pure.
