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Parthian ž
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Titel: |
Parthian ž |
In: | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 73, 2010, 3, S. 415-436 |
veröffentlicht: |
Cambridge University Press
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Umfang: | 415-436 |
ISSN: |
0041-977X 1474-0699 |
Zusammenfassung: | <p>This article argues that the opposition between Old Iranian *č and *ǰ was preserved in Manichaean Parthian not only word-initially, but also in postvocalic position, at least at the time of the introduction of the Manichaean script. The approach is phonological, and attempts to show that Pth. /č/(< OIr. *č), written < c> and <z̈>, and Pth. /ž/(< Oír. *ǰ and *ž), written < j>, are consistently distinguished in the Manichaean script. Pth. /č/ may have developed a postvocalic allophone [ǰ] (not affecting the phonematic opposition), which might have been a motivation for the use of the letter <z̈>. Transcriptions into Sogdian script and the cantillations suggest a coalescence of the Pth. phonemes, but it is not clear whether this is a later development of the Pth. language itself or a peculiarity of the liturgical pronunciation of Parthian as practised by Manichaeans in Central Asia. 1</p> |
Format: | E-Article |
Quelle: |
sid-55-col-jstoras2 JSTOR Arts & Sciences II Archive |
Sprache: | Englisch |