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has complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:
has complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:


B b G g D d h w v Z z T t y q k X x L l M m N n S s F f P p R r Š š (Lith. broad and slender š)
B b G g D d h W w Z z T t y q k X x L l M m N n S s F f P p R r Š š (Lith. broad and slender š)


has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin
has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin


a i u á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua
a i u á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua
== Morphology ==
== Morphology ==
should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==
Irish relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects
Irish relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects

Revision as of 06:16, 8 February 2022

The Irish-influenced Arabic variety spoken in our Basque Country; written in the Latin alphabet. Its speakers are predominantly Catholic.

"Maltese but with Irish (and secondarily French) instead of Italian" --- the only Irtan Semlang that evolved naturally under Celtic influence (Crannish doesn't really count), and the only Irtan Semitic language written in the Latin script

Phonology

has complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:

B b G g D d h W w Z z T t y q k X x L l M m N n S s F f P p R r Š š (Lith. broad and slender š)

has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin

a i u á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua

Morphology

should extract consonantal roots from Irish words

Syntax

Irish relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects