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zjöttvæ /zjøhtwai/ "absolute"
zjöttvæ /zjøhtwai/ "absolute"


yngkvang /yŋkvæŋ/ = glory
yngkvang /yŋkwæŋ/ = glory


==Phonology==
==Phonology==

Revision as of 18:26, 29 March 2019

Judeo-Chinese is a descendant of Middle Chinese adopted by Chinese Jews, written in a version of the Hebrew alphabet and incorporating Hebrew loans. Like other Chinese varieties, it is a tonal language and is unintelligible to speakers of other Chinese lects.

It is aesthetically inspired by Icelandic and Sami.

zjöttvæ /zjøhtwai/ "absolute"

yngkvang /yŋkwæŋ/ = glory

Phonology

Initials

Tonality

Sample texts