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-The Irish-influenced Arabic variety spoken in [[Verse:Irta|Irta]], in our Corsica; written in the Latin alphabet. Its speakers are predominantly Catholic.
+{{List subpages}}
+'''Qwbmwdqwg''' /ʔə˥mə˨˩˨ʔə˧˩̤/ is a tritonal root language.
-"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 ==
+* vowels: {{angbr|''w oo''}} /ə ã/
+* consonants: {{angbr|''q m k''}} /ʔ m k~h/
+* tone letters are used at the end of syllables: {{angbr|''-b -0 -x -s -t -j -v -g -d -z -l''}} /˥ ˧ ˩˧ ˩ ˨˩ˀ ˥˧ ˨˦ ˧˩̤ ˨˩˨ ˧˦˧ ˧˩/
+The -0 tone only occurs in function words and affixes.
-: ''dia Γit/Γíw; sláM alékəm'' - greeting
+== Morphology ==
-: ''dias Murə Γit/Γíw; alékəm sláM'' -reply
+Most Qwbmwdqwg roots are tritonal. Some roots in the qwT<sub>1</sub>mwT<sub>2</sub>kwT<sub>3</sub> verb stem:
+* ''qw'''l'''mw'''b'''kw'''j''''' = to preside
+* ''qw'''b'''mw'''d'''kw'''g''''' = to speak
+* ''qw'''x'''mw'''b'''kw'''b''''' = to hear
+* ''qw'''j'''mw'''g'''kw'''d''''' = to see
+* ''qw'''b'''mw'''x'''kw'''s''''' = to eat
+* ''qw'''z'''mw'''x'''kw'''v''''' = to drink
-== Phonology ==
+Some roots are bitonal:
-Corsican Arabic has an almost complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:
+* ''qw'''x'''kw'''j''''' 'to stand'
+* ''qw'''s'''kw'''s''''' 'to go, to walk'
+* ''qw'''b'''kw'''x''''' 'to fly'
+=== Nouns ===
+The plural marker is ''-qoob'': ''mw'''b'''kw'''x''''' 'bird', ''mw'''b'''kw'''x'''qoob'' 'birds'.
+==== Patterns ====
+(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)
-B '''b''' '''G''' '''g''' '''D''' '''d''' H '''h''' W '''w''' '''Z''' '''z''' T '''t''' '''Γ''' '''γ''' K '''k''' '''X''' x L '''l''' M '''m''' N '''n''' '''S''' '''s''' F '''f''' P p '''R''' '''r''' '''š''' (bold = inherited)
+=== Verbs ===
+{| class="wikitable"
-Clusters may not follow bwb sws in native words or with Irish words put into Arabic patterns. Irish broad and slender consonants are borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively.
+|+ ''qwlmwlkwd'' 'to sleep'
+|-
+! Person !! Non-past !! Past/Stative
+|-
+! 1sg
+|| ''qoolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoox''
+|-
+! 2sg
+|| ''koolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkwt''
+|-
+! 3sg
+|| ''moolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqood''
+|-
+! 1pl
+|| ''qoolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoov''
+|-
+! 2pl
+|| ''koolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkoov''
+|-
+! 3pl
+|| ''moolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodmooj''
+|-
+! Participle
+|colspan=2| ''moolqwlqwd''
+|-
+! Verbal noun
+|colspan=2| ''qwlmwlkwd''
+|}
-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
+==== Patterns ====
+(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)
-a i u ə á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua
+Need nif3al and hif3il
-== Morphology ==
-should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
 === Pronouns ===
-* inə, int, u(wə), i(jə), nahnə, intum, hum
+No subject pronouns
-=== Nouns ===
+Pronominal affixes: todo
-todo: broken plurals
-article əl- (moon) or əC- (sun); sun letters D d Z z T t L l N n S s R r š
+== Syntax ==
+=== Word order ===
-=== Adjectives ===
+Stolen from Lushootseed: predicate-first clauses and determiner-based noun phrases
-all adjectives have the same declension. Inanimate plurals are treated as sg fem
-=== Verbs ===
+=== Noun phrases ===
-retain passive binyanim as impersonal; maSdars work like Irish verbnouns
+Noun phrases acting as constituents rather than as predicates need the determiner ''qw'':
-=== Prepositions ===
+: Compare:
-fré = against? frejjə, frék, fréh, fréhə, frénə, frékum, fréhum
+:''Qw'''d'''kw'''l'''qw'''b''' qw qw'''b'''mw'''d'''qw'''g'''.''
+: Qwbmwdqwg is easy.
+:''Qw'''b'''mw'''d'''qw'''g''' kwt. Qoo Kwskwskwskws kwt.''
+: This is Qwbmwdqwg. And this is Quququqquq.
-alá = on; alejjə, alék, ...
+=== Emphasis ===
+The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.
-=== Numerals ===
+* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' 'I go'
+* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''' koo'' / ''koo qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' '<i>I</i> go'
-== Syntax ==
+[[Category:Conlangs]]
-Irish/Gàidhlig relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects. Even more Irishy than Irta Modern Hebrew
+[[Category:Angai]]