Indo-Aryan words in Hurrian

Rajarshi Banerjee rajarshi.banerjee at SMGINC.COM
Thu Nov 16 00:14:16 UTC 2000


Is a script reliable enough to reproduce sound rules and changes in an
extinct language.
Going by its script nobody would ever deduce that bengali does not have any
v/w sound.
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In bengali:
hindi and sanskrit v/w remains v in script but becomes b in speech.
where as english u/w sounds are reated differently and some trouble is taken
to reproduce them with some degree of authenticity.
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english "we" -> UI in speech and on some occasions even written as such.
"word"-> OArd in speech and sometimes written as such in self lampooning
literature.
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cant help but see some superficial similarity between the english-bengali
interaction
and how hurrians are trying to deal with perhaps alien words.
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For bengali the real spoken sound rule only comes out of the bag due to
perturbation by an alien language
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regards RB





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