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Re: Name for vowels

From:Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 21:23
--- Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> schrieb:

> Salaam/shalom. > > The Hebrew name for vowel signs is "nekudoth", isn't > it?
More precisely, 'niqqudoth', at least in Tiberian Hebrew (don't know about Modern Israeli Hebrew).
> Is there a general name for Arabic vowel signs > (fatha, kasra etc.)?
'H.arakaat', where 'h.' is the unvoiced epiglottal fricative, represented by the letter 'h.aa'. I think. ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de

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