Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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== Mutation == | == Mutation == | ||
Some but not all modern varieties of Ăn Yidiș have initial consonant mutation which serves grammatical roles. Standard Ăn Yidiș has lenition and h-prothesis but no eclipsis. | Some but not all modern varieties of Ăn Yidiș have initial consonant mutation which serves grammatical roles. Standard Ăn Yidiș has lenition and h-prothesis but no eclipsis. Initial lenition is called הרפּיה ''hărpóyă'' lit. 'rafe-ization/weakening', after the diacritic רפה ''rofă''. Sometimes it's called הרפּיה קֿעלאך ''hărpóyă Ghełăch'' to distinguish it from הרפּיה עבראך ''hărpóyă Evrăch'', i.e. Hebrew ''begadkefat'' which mutates some consonants differently and operates within Hebrew and Aramaic loans in Ăn Yidiș. | ||
*Lenitions: | *Lenitions: | ||