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A-Arabic (al-għarefi; called Arabic in-universe) is a Semitic language inspired by Welsh and Estonian. A-Arabic has a lexicon similar to our Arabic and is the source of "Arabic" loans in English, but it uses Welsh-inspired mutations and syntax.

• Def. article is al- like in our Arabic
• Unconditional shifts: PSem p s z ts' tθ' ł tł' > ff s z ts th ŝ tŝ
  • θ δ gh > t d g?
• initial or geminated l r > ll rh
• Emphatics and geminates spirantize: t'/tt, k'/kk > th ch
• soft mutation:
  • m, b > v
  • t > d, d > dd
  • c > g, g > 0
  • ts > z, tŝ > ẑ
  • ll > l, rh > r
• More Estonian vowels?

Morphology

Pronouns

indep. pronouns: naw, ant, hu/hi/hoddo, nan, antyf, hyf/hoddi

Nouns

Modern L-Arabic lost grammatical gender.

The definite article al turns to a before ll and rh.

• chaff = coffee
• al-chaff = the coffee

Animate plural nouns usually end in -i or display i-affection:

• waladd, welydd 'boy'
• mwddarhys, mydderhis 'teacher'

However, there are many broken plurals:

• cydof, pl. cwdwf 'book'
• ħarff, pl. ħyruff 'letter (character)'
• calf, pl. cylof 'dog'

Some plurals end in −ad, e.g. ai, ajad 'sign'.

Adjectives

Adjectives do not inflect.

Verbs and auxiliaries

A-Arabic lost productive triconsonantal morphology and thus inflected verbs. The combination of auxiliaries and prepositions are used to mark tense, as in Colloquial Welsh.