User:Rhemmiel/Proto-Semitic Notation

Problem

 * Proto-Semitic */s/ is transcribed with ⟨š⟩, which represents /ʃ/ in the daughter languages
 * Proto-Semitic */t͡s/ is transcribed with ⟨s⟩, which represents /s/ in the daughter languages
 * Proto-Semitic */ɬ/ is transcribed with ⟨ś⟩, which represents /ɬ/ in the daughter languages (however, original Hebrew /ɬ/ is inconsistently transcribed as either ⟨ś⟩ or ⟨s⟩ in the descendants section of PS entries)

Two solutions

 * 1. Transcribe the Proto-Semitic sibilant phonemes with characters representing their reconstructed pronunciations.
 * Huehnergard (2019) takes this approach, transcribing */s/, */ɬ/, and */t͡s/ as ⟨s⟩, ⟨ɬ⟩, and ⟨ʦ⟩.
 * Suchard (2019) takes this approach, transcribing */s/, */ɬ/, and */t͡s/ as ⟨s⟩, ⟨ś⟩, and ⟨ᵗs⟩.
 * 2. Transcribe the Proto-Semitic sibilant phonemes with characters that do not suggest a specific pronunciation.
 * Al-Jallad (2020) takes this approach, transcribing */s/, */ɬ/, and */t͡s/ as ⟨s₁⟩, ⟨s₂⟩, and ⟨s₃⟩.