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September 29, 2010
Speech is fire
Speaking of Pazuzu, Cambridge historian Martin Worthington thinks he has worked out how to pronounce Babylonian. His posted recordings may be the first time the language has been heard in two-thousand years.
'Whenever I tell people what I do, the first question they ask is what did Babylonian sound like, and how do you know? It's essentially detective work.
'We will never know for sure that a Babylonian would have approved of our attempts at pronunciation, but by looking at the original sources closely, we can make a pretty good guess.
'We will never know for sure that a Babylonian would have approved of our attempts at pronunciation, but by looking at the original sources closely, we can make a pretty good guess.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 29, 2010 09:07 AM