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| '''Verthanic''' (''hə taŋʷas vərθanak'' /hə ˈtaŋʷas vəɾˈθanak/; from *berxtolandākā, lit. Brightlandic) is a Celtic language spoken in Verthan (''vərθan''), located in North Africa. It was an important vehicle for transmitting A-Arabic loans to English. It is inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.
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| ''xʷilid'' = cat (from Latin)
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| ''vārəy ðax'' = good morning
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| tl > θ, CeCe- -> CəCi- (kenetlom → čədiθ 'trend')
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| əyn, ðəw, trī, kʷətur, kʷiʔč, wəks, šəxt, uxt, daw, ðəč
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| bakʷ = son; hə makʷ = the son
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| bərk = daughter; hə mərk (no mut) = the daughter
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| Sdābt hə həysk viw id uðənč = The living fish swims in water
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| gemination → preglottalization
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| Chain shifts:
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| mm, mb > m > b > v
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| nn, nd > n > d > ð
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| ng > ŋ, g > x, gʷ > xʷ, w- > gʷ-, y- > dz-
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| e o > ə, ke ge → tʃə dʒə
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| vowels: i u ə a iː uː aː aj aw əj əw
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns===
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| nasal mutation of v > b > m, ð > d > n, x > ŋ
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| Genders: common (no mut) and neuter (nasal mut)
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| Plural: ''-s'' or ''-əs'', no gender distinction
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| ''hə'' (from *sindos) is ''hən'' before vowels
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| ===Verbs===
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| present tense: ''sdāb-u, sdāb-s, sdāb-t, sdāb-əbs, sdāb-sxʷi, sdāb-tər'' (1sg, 2sg, 3, 1pl, 2pl, imps)
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| past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdāb-təw, sdāb-tis, sdāb-tit, sdāb-tibs, sdāb-taysxʷi, sdāb-taytər'' 'I swam, ...' (these forms agree with the subject but nouns take ergative marking with the ergative particle ''am'' from *ambi)
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| future tense (formed by reduplicating present): ''də-sdāb-u, də-sdāb-s, də-sdāb-t, də-sdāb-əbs, də-sdāb-sxʷi, də-sdāb-tər''
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| the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject)
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| Conjugation classes:
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| *verbs from o/e verbs: more irregularities here
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| **sdāb-u, sdāb-s, sdāb-t, sdāb-əbs, sdāb-sxʷi, sdāb-tər
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| **sdāb-təw, sdāb-tis, sdāb-tit, sdāb-tibs, sdāb-taysxʷi, sdāb-taytər
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| *a-verbs (from PCel *-āti)
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| **''bāraw, bāras, bārat, bārabs, bārāsxʷi, bārātər'' 'to enlarge'
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| **''bāra-təw, bāra-tis, bāra-tit, bāra-tibs, bāra-taysxʷi, bāra-taytər
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| *i-verbs (from PCel *-yeti, *-īti)
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| **''liʔkʷəw, liʔkʷis, liʔkʷit, liʔkʷibs, liʔkʷīsxʷi, liʔkʷītər'' 'to leave'
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| **''liʔkʷi-təw, liʔkʷi-tis, liʔkʷi-tit, liʔkʷi-tibs, liʔkʷi-taysxʷi, liʔkʷi-taytər''
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| {{IE}}
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| [[Category:Celtic languages]]
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