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by j which has more prestige.4 The mixed response is illustrated by
the following examples:
(1) ban T, bin Ith pi. biruy T, 1th; burj Al, N, biij Al, Sh, pi. buruj Al,
biruj Sh,N(9).
(2) diray Ruf, daray Aq, daraj Al, Sh, N, T (24).
(3) maylis T, Nab, Ruf, Aq pi. mayalis T; majlis Al, Sh, Nab (30).
(4) yez, yayiz, zayiz pi. yijjaz, zuwwazT;5 jez pi.juwwaz Sh, N (37).
(5) yara(ah Aq Jara'ah Nab, Ruf (39).
(6) yibahah Sh, N, T pi. yabayih Sh, T; jibahah Al, T, Ith pi.jabayih Al
(45).
(7) lain N, T, lahay pi. lihuy Ith, Ruf, Aq (49, 53).

Other examples:
(8) ya Al, N, T, Ruf Ja Ab ‘to come’.
(9) yabal Al, N, T Jabal Ab ‘mountain*.
(10) yamal Al, N, T, Ith, jamal Ab ‘camel’.
(11) sayar Ruf, Sajar Ab ‘trees’.
(12) miryamah T, miijamah Qauz ‘sling’.
(b) The consonants k and g.
There are examples of c being used instead of k in the following:
(1) racin Qa (5).
(2) marcab pi. maracib Qa, marakib Sah, mirkab pi. maraklb Ri (31,
(3) mircaz pi. maraciz Qa (47).

Examples of j used instead of g are the following:
(4) misaj pi. mawasij Aq, mlsag pi. mawaslg J (9, 52).
(5) misjaf Aq, masgaf Ruf, J (31).
Other examples with c are:
(6) cidih Al, ci&a Aq, Qa, kida Ab ‘thus’.
(7) cam Ith, Aq, Qa, kam Al, Ab, Ruf ‘how much?’
(8) cg/Al, Sh, Ith, Aq, cI/Qa, kef Ab, Ruf ‘how?’
(9) baca Al, Ith, Aq, Qa, baka Ab, Ruf ‘to weep’.
(10) ricib Al, Sh, radib Qa ‘to ride’.
(11) did Al, Ith, Aq pi. diyacah Al, Ith, dik Ab, Ruf, Qa pi. dyakah Qa
‘cock’.
(12) samac Aq, samak Ab, Ruf ‘fish’.
(13) hadlc Sh, Aq, hadik Ruf ‘that (f.s.)’.
Other examples with j are the following:6
(14) jalil Aq, galil Ab ‘little*.
(15) jimeh Al, glmah Ab ‘value’.
(16) bSji Aq, bagi Ab ‘remaining’.
(17) rafij Al, Aq, rafig Ab ‘companion*.