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'''Proto-Majorcan Arabic''' is the variety of vernacular Arabic that eventually became Majorcan Arabic, specifically the stage before it started absorbing Irish influence.
A "dual-accent" English giblang with [[Wyacker]] loans


(does van Putten's book have any leads on Neo-Arabic?)
<ow> in initial syllable position always means MOUTH; GOAT is oa or -ow in native words


Ultrashort yers? ŭ ĭ, with latter only allowed after nonemphatics
Some old place names can be Wyacker-derived (e.g. ''Wạnchụrch'' /ˈwɔnt͡ʃət͡ʃ/ ~ ''wangkirkkai'', ''Nónganẹy'' /nɑŋgəniː/ ~ ''eNa:ngoäinnai'')


== Phonological history of vowels ==
== Grammar ==
a i u ā ē ī ū
=== Ideophones ===
=== Stressed low vowels ===
Accent alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
=== Stressed high vowels ===
=== Unstressed vowels ===
=== Final vowels ===
-ah, -ā, -ē, -ā2 > -ə


== Phonological history of consonants ==
Some ideophones are Wyacker-xenic (e.g. ''ạrrạnkạ'' 'flagrantly' from Wyacker ''arangka''), some native (''spáng'' and ''spạng'' 'revealing a secret')
=== Emphasis spread ===
an emphatic consonant spreads rightward and to the first vowel leftward, but stress blocks it, as well as inherently non-emphatic consonants (š y g k?)


== Morphology ==
Don't overuse -le and -er! This is not Germanic
Hollow root ʔimālah depends on whether it's 2-y or 2-w:
* ''*zēd'' 'he increased', ''*māt'' 'he died'
 
== Syntax ==
Proto-Majorcan Arabic had the emphatic "ADJ el-NOUN" construction (from earlier "STATIVE_VERB al-NOUN"), which got reinterpreted as 'an ADJ NOUN' under Irish influence: "In Classical Arabic syncopated forms do not usually occur, the only place where they occur is when the verbs naʕima ‘he is glad’ and baʔisa ‘he is miserable’ are employed as pseudo-verbs of emphatic qualification, such as niʕma r-raǧulu ‘what a wonderful man!’ and biʔsa n-nisāʔu ‘what evil women!’ (Fischer 2002, §259–263)." (van Putten)

Latest revision as of 07:50, 13 December 2024

A "dual-accent" English giblang with Wyacker loans

<ow> in initial syllable position always means MOUTH; GOAT is oa or -ow in native words

Some old place names can be Wyacker-derived (e.g. Wạnchụrch /ˈwɔnt͡ʃət͡ʃ/ ~ wangkirkkai, Nónganẹy /nɑŋgəniː/ ~ eNa:ngoäinnai)

Grammar

Ideophones

Accent alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony

Some ideophones are Wyacker-xenic (e.g. ạrrạnkạ 'flagrantly' from Wyacker arangka), some native (spáng and spạng 'revealing a secret')

Don't overuse -le and -er! This is not Germanic

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