From: Isaac Penzev (isaacp@ukr.net)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 19:09:56 EST
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri Oct 03 2003 - 12:19:46 EST