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In Irta, Japanese borrows mainly from Perso-Arabic and replaces some existing Chinese vocabulary during the period corresponding to our timeline's Late Middle Japanese period. Japanese is spoken in Irta's Japan, Sakhalin, Mongolia and parts of Canada. It's notable for having lots of Arabic and Persian loanwords, in addition to earlier Sino-Japanese (Go-on and Kan-on) vocabulary.
This form of Japanese borrows mainly from Perso-Arabic and replaces some existing Chinese vocabulary during the period corresponding to our timeline's Late Middle Japanese period. Japanese is spoken in Irta's Japan, Sakhalin, Mongolia and parts of Canada. It's notable for having lots of Arabic and Persian loanwords, in addition to earlier Sino-Japanese (Go-on and Kan-on) vocabulary.


==Todo==
==Todo==
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Some unexpected Sino-Japanese words where OTL Japanese would use a native or English word
Some unexpected Sino-Japanese words where OTL Japanese would use a native or English word
R/L in Arabic and Persian borrowed the way Japanese borrows them in English instead of simply merging them?
Written in Perso-Arabic script
Middle Japanese + Arabic/Persian + subsequent sound changes


jigā = liver, seat of emotions (like "heart" in English), (''poetic'') other/second
jigā = liver, seat of emotions (like "heart" in English), (''poetic'') other/second
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tsuiuru = Tifl
tsuiuru = Tifl
ar ir ur ār īr ūr ayr awr > ā ē ō ā īa ūa eia oua


==History==
==History==
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==Personal names==
==Personal names==
===Persian origin===
===Persian origin===
Hēdoushi, Rusutan, Sōrābu, Hereidūn, Janshīzu, Kaifusurou, Manūchē, Mērān, Shiamaku, Shiyawashi
Hēdoushi, Rusutan, Sōrābu, Hereizūn, Janshīzu, Kaifusurou, Manūchē, Mērān, Shiamaku, Shiyawashi


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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dāsu suru = to study
dāsu suru = to study
Pluralization becomes a bit more productive because of Arabic influence (e.g. kitābu -> kutsubu); a native plural morpheme develops


===Izae===
===Izae===
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==Texts==
==Texts==


Subete no insān wa umarenagara ni shite āzāzu de ari, katsu, heishiatsu-wo-hakku to ni tsuite barābā de aru.
Subete no insān wa umarenagara ni shite āzāzu de ari, katsu, heishiatsu to hakku to ni tsuite barābā de aru. Insān wa, akuru to ejidān to wo sazukerarete ori, tagai ni rūha-i-barādā wo motte keadā shinakereba naranai.


==Judeo-Arabo-Japanese==
==Judeo-Arabo-Japanese==


written in Hebrew script and has a Hebrew lexical layer
written in Hebrew script and has a Hebrew lexical layer
Vowel devoicing actually drops vowels in native words


Fewer phonotactic restrictions (e.g. final consonants are allowed); separate /l/ is introduced as well as emphatics, e.g. /ts/ undergoes a phonemic split from /t/
Fewer phonotactic restrictions (e.g. final consonants are allowed); separate /l/ is introduced as well as emphatics, e.g. /ts/ undergoes a phonemic split from /t/
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