Jews of Yemen and the Preservation of Ancient Hebrew

Due to their geographic isolation, the Jews of Yemen preserved Hebrew as it was pronounced in antiquity. To hear a Yemenite Jew speak Hebrew is to hear its pronunciation in the time of the Second Temple. They have preserved the correct sound for the 'ayin and hard/soft letters no longer having dual pronunciations in Modern Hebrew (such as a gimmel with and without a dot).

To hear a Yemenite pronunciation of the letters, open an audio program such as WinAmp, then open a browser tab to http://sagavyah.tripod.com/ALEFBET.html. Then you can click on each letter to hear it. The YouTube link doesn't seem to work.

You can also see a chart of the differences in pronunciation. The two pages have two separate URLs: page 1 and page 2.