Questions tagged [berber]
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What is the etymology of the Maghrebi interjection "شاه" (chah or cheh)?
At least in the Maghreb, there is a word to say "serves [somebody] right!", i.e. "!شاه" or "ccah!" in Berber form.
I'm struggling to find its etymology. Although it might ...
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Is /f/ more sonorous than other fricatives?
Tashelhiyt permits any segment to act as a syllable nucleus, regardless of sonority. There's lots of theoretical analyses out there, but descriptively, Tashelhiyt consonant syllabification moves left ...
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