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Ktabbi Anton Sherwood: > > Anton Sherwood wrote: > >> I believe . . . Arabic does not > >> distinguish long consonants in writing. . . . > > Nik Taylor wrote: > > Doesn't Arabic use a diacritic for geminate consonants? > > Can't find it in my reference (which is quite thorough), > but that's not absolute proof! An Arabic primer is lying next to me and clearly claims that geminate consonants are marked with W-shaped sign called "shadda". Yitzik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~