Which Pronunciations Should We Use to Document Cognates?

Period Language Tradition or Regional Accent
Qur'anic Arabic Literary, Saudi
Biblical Hebrew Mizrahi, Syrian
Old to Middle Aramaic Biblical, Jewish Middle or Eastern Syriac
Classical (New) Persian
Koine Greek Popular, 1st Century CE Palestine
Classical Latin
Modern French Parisian
Modern English Mixed
Modern Dutch Standard Northern
Modern German Standard, Germany
Yiddish TBA
Spanish Andalusian
Modern Portuguese Northern Portugal
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