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Re: Restoration

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Richard W wrote:
Zaarin wrote:So do all Semitic dialects have the vocalic prefix to avoid illegal clusters? If not, how do those other dialects pronounce imperatives with illegal clusters?
Underlying BCvD works quite well. In Biblical Hebrew, schwa is generally inserted between B and C, but if B is a weak consonant, it may be dropped instead.

The regular Akkadian imperative (m.s.) is <BuCuD>, but I suppose that could hide a phonetic [BCuD].
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