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- Title
DEBATED ISSUES IN KARAIM HEBREW ORTHOGRAPHY.
- Authors
OLACH, ZSUZSANNA
- Abstract
The present study tries to elucidate how the Hebrew alphabet was used in different Karaim manuscripts. Religious and secular texts in all Karaim varieties provide a basis for the comparison. Since a comprehensive description of the relevant orthographic features would exceed the limits of this paper, only two of the most debated characteristics, namely the writing of the e and k sounds, will be discussed here. An analysis of numerous manuscripts makes it possible to provide a general description of certain tendencies and preferences in the use of certain letters or letter combinations in each Karaim variety.
- Subjects
HEBREW alphabet; KARAIM language; ORTHOGRAPHY &; spelling; KARAITES; KARAITE philosophy
- Publication
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2015, Vol 68, Issue 2, p183
- ISSN
0001-6446
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1556/062.2015.68.2.4