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No; that was an attempt to render 'the language of the Philistines' into Hebrew letters. Also, I thought I'd try to revive this group by proposing something. Plus Judajca already took Latin + Hebrew. But I need to re-examine Mycebean Greek phonology before deciding how to proceed (procede?). --- In westasianconlangs@yahoogroups.com, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote: > > Sounds very interesting! > > Is the subject line of this message already modified in some way for > that? > > -Stephen (Steg) > > > On Apr 8, 2007, at 9:04 PM, habarakhe4 wrote: > > > In my zeal to combine Hebrew with something and Greek with everything, > > a thought came to me: what if the Greek element of the Philistines > > (whom I assumed to be mixed well and served hot) succeeded in > > dominating the 'confederation'. This Greek would be slightly post- > > Mycenenean. Then the conquest of Philistia by the Kingdom of Israel > > led to the development of a Canaanite/Israelite dialect that contained > > many Greek words adapted to a Semitic frame (I'm thinking of situation > > similar to Tagalog-infused Spanish). > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >