아랍어와 히브리어에 나타나는j 및 y 음역에 대한 고찰

Abstract

This paper aims to study of the transliteration of j and y in Arabic and Hebrew. The phoneme [j] in Arabic and Hebrew is transliterated differently according to historical and modern methods. This phenomenon may be confused by laymen. The phoneme [j] in Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic was transliterated into the letter i or its prevocalic variant j in Latin or European languages. In historical method the phonetic value of the letter j was changed in many languages, especially in English and Romances in which the letter j was changed into [ʤ] or [ʒ] due to its palatalization, but in Germanics the value was maintained. But the letter j transliterating [j] in Hebrew was not changed and remained until modern times. In modern method the phoneme [j] in Arabic and Hebrew is transliterated into the letter indicating its correct phonetic value in English and other European languages which is y or j. Therefore we should differentiate between the phoneme [j] and the letter j or y.