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|pronunciation = ə̟lmɪ{{adv}}jo{{adv}}r{{lam}}iːjə̟

'''Majorcan''' is a heavily Hibernized variety of spoken historical Arabic native to the [[Verse:Irta|Irta]] timeline's Balearic Islands comprising the nation of Majorca (natively ''el Mijòr'' [ə{{adv}}lmɪ{{adv}}ˈjo{{adv}}ːɾ{{lam}}ʲ], from Latin ''(insula) major'' 'bigger island'; Irta Irish ''an Mīrı'', matched to the Old Irish legendary figure Midir), an independent country where it's an official language alongside English. The native name for the language is ''el Mijòrìje'' or ''et teanga Mijòrìje'', but speakers may simply call the language ''teangatna'' [ˈt̪ʰæ̃ːʔʶʌtʶʰnʶʌ] 'our language'.

Majorcan has an almost complete set of pairs of emphatic (''leat{{cda}}an{{cll}}'' [læ{{heth}}{{lowered}}ən{{den}}{{uvu}}]) and nonemphatic (''caol{{cll}}'' [q{{adv}}{{asp}}ɑjjəl{{den}}{{uvu}}]) consonants, formed from both native emphatic consonants (Classical Arabic T D S Z q became /d{{uvu}} z{{uvu}} s{{uvu}} z{{uvu}} ɢ/) and the contrast between broad (velarized) and slender (palatalized) consonants in borrowed Irish vocabulary. Irish broad and slender consonants are usually borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively. For referring to Majorcan we will use emphatic and broad, and nonemphatic and slender, as synonyms, as well as terms like "broadness spreading" and "slenderization".

* "Voiceless" stops are consistently aspirated; voiced stops may be weakly voiced (as in German and Irish) or completely devoiced (as in Icelandic). Voiced stops are always devoiced after a voiceless or aspirated consonant: ''nectbw'' [ˈnɛk{{adv}}ʰtʲʰp⁼ü] 'we will write'. Voiceless stops are also slightly longer than voiced ones. Voiced geminate stops are realized as voiceless unaspirated. Geminated and word-final aspirated stops are preglottalized. Word-final geminates surface as compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel (cf. Irish and Hebrew).

* Emphatic consonants have the feature +RTR (retracted tongue root). Emphatic unaspirated stops tend to be less voiced than their nonemphatic counterparts; /ɢ{{adv}}/ is particularly prone to devoicing.  

* Nonemphatic consonants (except /v h/) are allophonically palatalized in pausal position. /t d n l/ become laminal alveolar [t̻ʲ d̻ʲ n̻ʲ lʲ] when allophonically palatalized. Allophonic palatalization of nonemphatic consonants also occurs when said consonant is next to a prevelar consonant (one of /k{{adv}} g{{adv}} x{{adv}} j/): e.g. ''ħacme'' [ˈħ{{lowered}}æk{{adv}}ʰmʲə] 'rule'. This also affects /v/ ''after'' a prevelar, e.g. ''gvèr'' [g{{adv}}vʲe:r] 'about, concerning'.

* g{{cll}}uħd{{cll}}a /'ʔʶoɐhdʶə/ ['ʔʶoɐħ{{lowered}}t{{den}}ʶə] 'scarcity'

i is [ɪ{{adv}}] after nonemphatics, [ɪ̈] after emphatics

unstressed a (IPA phonetic transcription /ɐ/) is similar to stressed a and result from Arabic 3ayn adjacent to an unstressed vowel; unstressed ə is [ʌ] after an emphatic and [ə̟] after a nonemphatic

3ayn is used for diphthongs ending in /ɐ/ in loanwords, e.g. كْلاب ليعهة ''clèb lìaṫa'' [k{{adv}}ʰlʲeːb lʲiɐħ{{lowered}}ə] 'gray dogs'

Most loan adjectives have unmarked feminine singular forms. For loan adjectives, the emphaticness of the plural may differ from the m.sg.: ''oifigem{{cda}}ail'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}:ə'''l'''/ (m. and f.sg), ''oifigemala'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}'''l{{uvu}}'''ə/ (pl) 'official'.

* ''agus{{cll}}'' /ag{{adv}}əs, əs, ɪs/ 'and', usually written {{ocus}}

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