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Revision as of 17:28, 9 October 2019
Druidic Hebrew is the stage of Xnánið after the split from Biblical Hebrew in the 6th century BC and before 9th century CE.
It was the liturgical language of Canaanite druidism.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
/m p b f v n t d th θ ð ts s tsʼ ʃ ɣ̃ ħ k g kh x ɣ h l w j r/ ⟨m p b f v n t d ᴛ θ δ z s ts' š ȝ ħ k g ᴋ χ γ h l w y r⟩
/l/ allophonically velarized before C.
Mutations
Words can undergo initial mutation but the mutations are different from the begadkefat spirantization in Tiberian Hebrew.
Vowels
Old Knánith had a rather simple vowel system:
a e i o u ø á é í ó ú /a e i o u ə a: e: i: o: u:/
/ə/ was a result of vowel reduction.
Prosody
Stress
Stress was penultimate for most words.
Intonation
Morphophonology
Grammar
Still basically Hebrew (except with penultimate stress), with inflected verbs.
Syntax was retained as VSO under the influence of Celtic.
Nouns
Verbs
All 7 binyanim of Biblical Hebrew were in use.
Verbs had the following forms:
- Past
- Non-past
- Imperative
- Infinitive