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SOUND SYSTEM

Proto-Semitic is generally reconstructed as having the following Phoneme s (as usually transcribed in Semitology; tentative IPA values are given in square brackets):

This system is heavily based on the sound system of the Arabic Language , and the presence of interdental fricatives in particular in Proto-Semitic is uncertain.


SOUND CHANGES BETWEEN PROTO-SEMITIC AND THE DAUGHTER LANGUAGES

This proto-phonology was reconstructed to attempt to explain the regular phonetic differences between the Semitic Languages . This is how they are believed to correspond.


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