Maarten Kossmann

maartenkossmann.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:38

well in those languages it is more the question what they didn't borrow :) (Tasawaq aḍiḍ same story)

Ola Wikander

olawikander.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:11

Well, at least the former. Loans bring /j/ into the mix too for 'aleph, iirc. /j/ was probably the actual glottal stop sign in earlier Egyptian. Z3b is a little weird whichever way...

Ola Wikander

olawikander.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:04

Yes, I kinda agree. /3/ was weird in its correspondences. Normally *r/*l, but looks like *'aleph in that word. One gets a distinct feeling that script and phonemics were very vaguely overlapping or mapped in early Egyptian. Many unknowns.

Ola Wikander

olawikander.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:03

Yep.

Benjamin Suchard

bnuyaminim.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:00

The Chadic ones could be unrelated (different form and meaning, PChadic status unclear), the Cushitic ones are apparently loans, and Omotic...