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Re: [westasianconlangs] Sound changes in the Arabic dialects

On May 29, 2004, at 8:53 PM, nathanielamentstone wrote:

Hi all,
I've looked online for a while now, and I can't find ANY site that
maps sound changes from MSA to dialects, e.g. the change from MSA [dZ]
to Egyptian [g], MSA [q] to Maltese [?], or MSA [k] to Iraqi [tS].
Is there some kind of list online that shows some more of these sound
changes? Can someone at least give me some more examples of these
sound changes among dialects???
I appreciate your help.
Nathaniel
Well, i'm pretty sure that it's actually [g] > [(d)Z], with Egyptian being conservative with this one consonant. 
[q] > [?] is pretty common, i think, also found in Egypt.
The reason i wrote [(d)Z] above with the [d] in parentheses is because i'm pretty sure that in Syria and Lebanon (maybe the whole Levant?) it's pronounced just [Z]. 
Around the Persian Gulf, they pronounce [q] voiced.

That's all i can think of at the moment.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "alSayf, kasayf 'abyaD..."
     ~ sally caves