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On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 11:18:00PM -0400, draqonfayir@hidden.email wrote: > I also realized a possibly major problem with Judajca. The natural > evolution of Hebrew as a linguistic system in and of itself pretty much > stopped around the time of the Masoretes, c.800CE. We've got 1200 years > from then until now, and i've been working out Judajca as following a > Hebrew model which only lasts for a few hundred years. And how they > spoke Judajca in 800CE couldn't possibly be the same as how Judajca is > spoken in 2002CE, could it? What about those who went to Europe? In the Real World, the Hebrew words Yiddish-speaking people used underwent pretty much the same sound changes as their Germanic words did on their way from OHG (as I understand it, at least). Maybe that could be a source of inspiration. Or is there no Diaspora in your scenario? In that case, you could come up with something completely original. -- Furrfu! r a k k o at c h a r t e r dot n e t