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'''Yudach''' or '''Judeo-Gaelic''' (natively: אנגאלג' יודך ''anGhalj Yudach'') is a Goidelic language spoken by the Irish-Jewish diaspora around the world. It mainly borrows words from Hebrew, but also from English, French and Welsh.
'''Judeo-Mandarin''' is a descendant of Old Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese Jews in Irta.


==Phonology==
Note: As a Gentile Korean speaker I believe I'm ''somewhat'' more qualified to sketch this than to sketch a hypothetical Judeo-Celtic language. I'll just sketch the sound changes here, without venturing into creating the Jewish-specific vocabulary.
*Consonants: b c ch č d f g gh j h l ł m n p r s š t th ts v y z /b k x tʃ d f g γ dʒ h l w m n p r s ʃ h ts j v z/
*Lenitions:
**/b/ > /v/
**/f/ > /0/
**/g/ > /ɣ/
**/k/ > /x/
**/tʃ/ > /ʃ/
**/p/ > /f/
**/s/ > /h/
**/t/ > /h/
**/ts/ > /h/
**/z/ > /j/
**/dʒ/ > /j/
*ts z č j arise from slender t d c g.
*Vowels: /a e i o u ə/
 
===Grammar===
the grammar should be modelled after colloquial welsh
 
:{{heb|.תּאָ מֵי אַ-ל'אַסאַג נרות חנוכּה}}
:'''''To me a łasagh neroth hanuca.'''
:/to me ə 'wasəɣ 'nerəh 'hanukə/
:''I'm lighting Hanukkah candles.'' (or ''I light Hanukkah candles'')
 
[[Category:Celtic languages]]

Latest revision as of 07:20, 5 January 2023

Judeo-Mandarin is a descendant of Old Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese Jews in Irta.

Note: As a Gentile Korean speaker I believe I'm somewhat more qualified to sketch this than to sketch a hypothetical Judeo-Celtic language. I'll just sketch the sound changes here, without venturing into creating the Jewish-specific vocabulary.