Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:21:00 +0200
From: Michael Hahn <hermann.haken@t-online.de>
To: Ancient Egyptian Language List <AEgyptian-L@rostau.org.uk>
Subject: Re: AEL Ehret and (Palaeo-)Coptic

> **For ease, long vowels are in email usually indicated
> with a _:_, as that is clearer IMO (plus double vowels
> in Coptic are a seperate problem on their own! So
> writing ee is not advisable IMO). At least that has
> been AEL tradition, as started by Geoff Graham.
>
> So:  AE *mu:rVw  > Coptic me:r
>
> or if one wants to indicate stress ('):    m{'u:}r{V}w
>   

Thank you for this advise. I will try to keep it in mind.

> **Not sure what he means with "grammatical" - the
> addition of an ending? If so, then his explanation is
> not conflicting with the syllable rules explanation?
>
>   
With "grammatical" Ehret means in this case some kind of ablaut by 
internal vowel lengthening.
> I have been told that Takacs' book series has been discontinued,
> partly because he did not duly take into account criticism.
>   
Really?  Although I am rather a Roesslerian, I would have been 
interested in further volumes of this series.

Michael hahn

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From: "Jaime Pretell" <jaime_pretell@hotmail.com>
To: "Ancient Egyptian Language List" <AEgyptian-L@rostau.org.uk>
Subject: AEL km.t
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:13:13 -0400

What writing contains the earliest use of km.t as a place? Be it papyrus, 
wall, text, etc?
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