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The alveolar nasal ''n'' wholly assimilates to the following consonant. E.g. *ʔanta → /ʔatta/, *gintu → /gittu/. | The alveolar nasal ''n'' wholly assimilates to the following consonant. E.g. *ʔanta → /ʔatta/, *gintu → /gittu/. This does however not occur across the boundary of verb + suffix, e.g. ytnt /jatanta/ ‘thou hast given (m.)’ not *yatatta. | ||
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Revision as of 07:33, 9 December 2016
Background
The foundation of the city
The location of the future city was traditionally scouted by three captain-sailors who in 1628 BCE took refuge from a particularly fierce storm. They named the peninsula šskn.bʔl /šaskana baʕlu/ “Ba‘al has prepared” for the natural harbours providing shelter. The area became a favourite rest stop for many sailors and ultimately a refuge for pirates. An expedition from Ugarit in 1397 BCE destroyed the pirate base and construction of some sort appears to have taken place. No permanent settlement is recorded until seven years later when the qrt rḥbt /qarītu raḥabāti/ “City of Amphorae” is mentioned as having been founded on the šskn.bʕl to “prevent disruption, to provide rest, to prosper trade”.
Writing system
Phonology
Consonants
Havings its origins as a dialect of Ugaritic, Phaselic broadly shares the same phonological system.
Bilabial | Interdental | Dental/alveolar | Sibilant | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | Laryngeal | |||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Plosive | p b | t d tˤ (ṭ) | k g kˤ (q) | |||||||
Fricative | θ (ṯ) ð (ḏ) ðˤ (ẓ) | s̱ (s) z sˤ (ṣ) | x (ḫ) ɣ (ǵ) | ħ (ḥ) ʕ (‘) | h ʔ (’) | |||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ (š) | |||||||||
Tap | ɾ | |||||||||
Approximant | w | j |
The alveolar nasal n wholly assimilates to the following consonant. E.g. *ʔanta → /ʔatta/, *gintu → /gittu/. This does however not occur across the boundary of verb + suffix, e.g. ytnt /jatanta/ ‘thou hast given (m.)’ not *yatatta.
-later stage-
- ʕ is lost V_C with compensatory lengthening, baʕlu → bālu, e.g. Šaskanabaʕlu → Šaskanabāl(u)
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
Close | |||||
Near‑close | |||||
Close‑mid | |||||
Mid | |||||
Open‑mid | |||||
Near‑open | |||||
Open |