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The characteristics of Old Hijazi have been revealed by (1) early Arabic texts written in Greek and Hebrew letters which showed what the early defective Arabic script couldn’t, (2) the investigation into the Quranic Consonantal Text (QCT) which is the underlying consonantal skeleton (in Arabic, rasm رسم) of the Qur'an that originally lacked dots and other signs. | The characteristics of Old Hijazi have been revealed by (1) early Arabic texts written in Greek and Hebrew letters which showed what the early defective Arabic script couldn’t, (2) the investigation into the Quranic Consonantal Text (QCT) which is the underlying consonantal skeleton (in Arabic, rasm رسم) of the Qur'an that originally lacked dots and other signs. | ||
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== Main characteristics of Old Hijazi == | == Main characteristics of Old Hijazi == | ||
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'''7- The ض letter (ḍ) sounds very similar to the sound of ظ (ḍh) as apposed to the modern pronunciation fo ض as ḍ (emphatic d).''' | '''7- The ض letter (ḍ) sounds very similar to the sound of ظ (ḍh) as apposed to the modern pronunciation fo ض as ḍ (emphatic d)'''<ref>Van Putten, [https://www.academia.edu/39727853/Inferring_the_Phonetics_of_Quranic_Arabic_from_the_Quranic_Consonantal_Text Inferring the Phonetics of Quranic Arabic from the Quranic Consonantal Text], p.4-5</ref>'''.''' | ||
This characteristic is proven by QCT analysis (specifically, evidence based on rhyme) and early Arab grammarians’ description of the sounds of the Arabic letters. | This characteristic is proven by QCT analysis (specifically, evidence based on rhyme) and early Arab grammarians’ description of the sounds of the Arabic letters. | ||