Arabic-L:LING:Adel Bishtawi's work on bi-consonantal roots

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1) Subject: Adel Bishtawi's work on bi-consonantal roots

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Date: 05 Jun 2014
From:  yusuf <ofcolor at gmail.com>
Subject: Adel Bishtawi's work on bi-consonantal roots

Assalam alaykum,

Have you read the works of
 Adel Bishtawi
? His
  research consists of using etymology to trace history with a particular
focus upon the semantic range
within
 Arabic bi-consonantals
, exploring the lexicon's embedded cosmology or indigenous metaphysics as
some would have it.

Please read this PDF summary (in English) of his Arabic work released on
the origin of language last September:
http://www.bishtawi.com/pdfs/Origin_of_Semitic_Languages.pdf

Here is a link to purchase the original (in Arabic).

You will find many

 charts and examples breaking down bi-consonantal roots and their
connotations:
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Semitic-Languages-Arabic-Edition/dp/148179888X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401526978&sr=8-1&keywords=origin+of+semitic+languages

Here is the publisher's release announcement:

The unity of what is traditionally called Semitic languages may be traced
in the roots, in the inflections, and in the general features of the
syntax. Almost a thousand years before the publication in 1781 of
Repertorium fuer biblische und morgenlaendische Literatur, linguists
studying certain features of Canaanite (Phoenician), Hebrew, Arabic, and
Ethiopic (Habaši) noted the interrelationship of these languages. Other
studies pointed to a prehistoric ancestral origin for these and more than
sixty other languages, first named Ursemitische and later
Proto-Semitic.Research involving the history of the Arabic numerals
established their prehistoric origin and confirmed a linguistic link
between small numbers and small words. The scope and depth of the
multilayered research were expanded in an attempt to identify the origin of
Semitic languages and, probably, the origin of languages.It took more than
two years to realise that the pioneering linguists of Arabic were not aware
of the main building blocks of the language they treated and that the
smaller biconsonantals, not triconsonantals as is widely believed, were the
original roots of the Semitic languages. At one time in the remotest
horizon of their history, the language consisted of a very limited number
of biconsonantals and monosyllabic root morphemes. Words expressing the
basic needs of primitive man, such as water, food, hut, stone, danger,
etc., could be several thousand years older than the oldest attested
Semitic language (i.e., Akkadian) or several tens of thousands.

Akkadian, Phoenician, Aramaic, and Arabicare formidable communicative
tools, yet their biconsonantal roots, or linguistic nuclei, were foundto be
surprisingly small. Four hundred and thirtyroots were identified in two
categories, primaries and secondaries. Most are paired in units
constituting the main body in the larger linguistic clusters, tens of which
were listed and discussed in the Origin of Semitic Languages.With what
could be the greatest linguistic secret in history now unveiled, other
important surprises may follow.

With careful etymological analysis of linguistic nuclei, many of which were
adapted or borrowed from animals and ancient environment, the true origin
of scores of biblical names and ancient locations can be more correctly
identified. Moreover, new windows can be opened on the various aspects of
early societies to provide what appears to be a sufficiently clear
pictureof the first steps on the long road to civilisation and, probably,
human consciousness.

Here are some of his websites:
http://www.bishtawi.com

His 3rd and final volume will detail his work on the origin of religions.
You can read more about the series here:
http://www.thebookoforigins.com

More on his work about numerals here:
http://www.bishtawi.com/arabic_numeral_page.html

Table of contents and Chapter 1 excerpt:
http://www.bishtawi.com/pdfs/origin_of_the_Arabic_numerals_chapter_1.pdf
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