11-27-2013, 10:05 PM
Quote:I don't know who you've been talking to, maybe a "Syriac Orthodox" speaker, but under no circumstance do eastern speakers EVER pronounce the Shin as a Semkath. Ever.
Quick note as I have 1 minute to spare:
He's referring to the Shin/Sin distinction. In Classical Syriac, Sin is written with Semkath. In Old Syriac it's written with Shin (same with most early Jewish dialects; and -- as it's my focus -- Galilean does this, too, and there's strong evidence it was preserved in speech).