Rena Netjes

@renanetjes.bsky.social

3 months ago

..affinities.

Small phonological difference, strong areal signal.
#ArabicDialectology #SouthernLevantine #Phonology #FieldworkNotes

Rena Netjes

@renanetjes.bsky.social

3 months ago

'Maw' in Jaramana, used by Muwahideen Druze speakers.
The 1st time I heard 'maw' was in Oct 2021, in Maʿbatli (central Afrin), Aleppo countryside..

A small reminder of how micro-variation persists across Levantine Arabic varieties.
#ArabicDialectology #LevantineArabic #FieldworkNotes

Marjaana Jauhola

@mjauhola.bsky.social

9 years ago

#summerflu & #fieldworknotes June 2013. Stopped over in Medan and made a journey into the history of 1965/66 - undercurrents became visible.