Arabic-L:LING:jiim/giim

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Date: 19 May 2000
From: John Leake <J.E.S.Leake at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: jiim/giim

Of course, <ghain>  seems to be there as a fairly universal /g/ marker!
So the question therefore arises: under what circumstances do
<jiim>/<kaaf> _as opposed to <ghain>_ get used for /g/?  Is the choice
free, informed be education or audience, or dependent on pholological
considerations?

John

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