Verse:Irta (Old)/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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 *Vowels: ''a e i o u'' /a e i o u/, vowel reduction to /ə/ common. Vowel clusters exist.
 *Stress is transcribed if not initial
+==Orthography==
+אַ ע יֵ י אָ אוֹ או = a e ei i o ou u
+ט ק for all native /t k/
+בּ ב גּ ג פ ף = b bh g gh p f in native words
+הּ for coda /h/
+rafe for initial lenition:
+אַ־בּֿוֹ בּֿיאָ ''a vo vyo'' = the live cow
+ת = /s/ in Hebrew and Aramaic loans
 ==Grammar==