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The Old Togarmite name for the language, ''Θēgarmīθ'', is thought to have been borrowed from a pre-Togarmite source *''Tāgarma''. The name ''Togarmah'' from the same source is also attested in the Hebrew Bible. The Greeks and the Romans used ''Θηγαρμιοι'' and ''Thegarmici'' respectively for the Togarmite people. | The Old Togarmite name for the language, ''Θēgarmīθ'', is thought to have been borrowed from a pre-Togarmite source *''Tāgarma''. The name ''Togarmah'' from the same source is also attested in the Hebrew Bible. The Greeks and the Romans used ''Θηγαρμιοι'' and ''Thegarmici'' respectively for the Togarmite people. | ||
The most striking feature of Togarmite is the shift of Proto-Semitic ''ā'' to ''ė'' /e:/, mirroring the Canaanite shift ''ā'' > [o: | The most striking feature of Togarmite is the shift of Proto-Semitic ''ā'' to ''ė'' /e:/, mirroring the Canaanite shift ''ā'' > [o:] occuring in its close relatives, the Canaanite languages (including Hebrew). | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||