Arabic-L:LING:spelling of 'hundred'

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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1) Subject: hundred
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Date: 12 May 2011
From: hanadaster at GMAIL.COM 
Subject: hundred

According to Mukhtaar AlSihah, the word is correctly written مائة but
pronounced as مئة

Tahiyyati,
hanada

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Date: 12 May 2011
From: Miguel Á. Manzano Rodríguez <mglmanzano at ono.com>
Subject: hundred

Dear Colleagues:
Prof Ulrich Haarmann ('An Eleven Century Précis of Arabic Ortography', http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/4803/) offers an explanation according to the Arabic linguistic tradition: "mi'a" is written with an alif to differenciate it from "minhu", which is very common.
Best regards and wishes,
Miguel Á. Manzano
(mglmanzano at ono.com)
(mmanzano at usal.es)
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