1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/heblang May 2000
2 182 25_RE: K-tz-ayin vs K-Tz-Heh10_Jerry Blaz19_ffdog@earthlink.net31_Wed, 17 May 2000 00:31:10 -0700445_us-ascii I have one brief question to Russell. Time and again, during this interesting thread, I have seen you state that the ayin "degenerated" into a heh. What convinces you that this is the direction of the change? Why could the quasi-materis heh have become the throatal fricative-constrictive ayin? What determined the direction of change, and how does the statistical analysis hold up when the asssumed direction of change is tested? [...]