Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin

Yudach or Judeo-Gaelic (natively: אנגאַלג' יודאַך 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.

Phonology

• 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

תּאָ מע 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)

Nouns

Nouns have no grammatical case.

Plurals are more regular: -n or -an is by far the most common plural affix. Nouns in -a are pluralized with -i: madra 'a dog', madri 'dogs'.

Hebrew words often use unstressed -im /im/ or -oth /əh/ but native Celtic words may use them too.

Possessive pronouns

• mo vrother /mo vrohəɾ/ 'my brother'; m'ather /mahəɾ/ 'my father'
• do vrother /do vrohəɾ/ 'thy brother'; d'ather /dahəɾ/ 'thy father'
• a vrother /ə vrohəɾ/ 'his brother'; a ather /ə ahəɾ/ 'his father'
• a brother /ə brohəɾ/ 'her brother'; a hather /ə hahəɾ/ 'her father'
• or brother /oɾ brohəɾ/ 'our brother'; or n-ather /oɾ nahəɾ/ 'our father'
• var brother /vəɾ brohəɾ/ 'your brother'; var n-ather /vəɾ naheɾ/ 'your father'
• a brother /a brohəɾ/ 'their brother'; a n-ather /ə nahəɾ/ 'their father'

m' and d' are used before a vowel, a /j/ or when a lenited f results in an initial vowel or /j/: fyur /fjuɾ/ 'sister'; m'yur /mjuɾ/ 'my sister'.