From: Eric Christopherson (rakko@charter.net)
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 14:53:24 EST
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 11:18:00PM -0400, draqonfayir@juno.com 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.
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