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|name = Corsican Arabic | |name = Corsican Arabic | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ə̟lq̟ʰɔɾˁsˁʌˈq̟ʰɪːjə̟ | ||
|states = Corsica | |states = Corsica | ||
|speakers = 330,000 | |speakers = 330,000 | ||
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'''Corsican Arabic''' is an Irish-influenced historical Arabic variety spoken in the [[Verse:Irta|Irta]] timeline's Corsica (natively ''əl-KóRSəKə'' [ | '''Corsican Arabic''' is an Irish-influenced historical Arabic variety spoken in the [[Verse:Irta|Irta]] timeline's Corsica (natively ''əl-KóRSəKə'' [ə̟lˈq̟ʰɔɾˁsˁʌq̟ʰʌ]), an independent country where it's an official language alongside English. In Irta it's called Corsican (natively ''əl-KoRSəKī́jə'' [ə̟lq̟ʰɔɾˁsˁʌˈq̟ʰɪːjə̟] or ''ət-táNGə KoRSəKī́jə'' [ə̟t̪ˈt̪ʰæɴ̟ɢ̟ʌ q̟ʰɔɾˁsˁʌˈq̟ʰɪːjə̟]; ''táNGə'' is from Irish ''teanga''). It may also be called ''táNGəTNə'' 'our language'. Its speakers are predominantly Catholic and almost always also speak English, and some also speak Modern Standard Latin or Irish. | ||
Its premise is "Maltese but with Middle Irish and Classical Irish (and secondarily French and Irta Sardinian) instead of Italian", and it's the only Irtan Semitic language that evolved naturally under Celtic influence ([[Knench]] is more Azalic-influenced, and Irta Modern Hebrew was revived by Celtic speakers), and the only Irtan Semitic language written in a Latin orthography (which is different from the one used on this page). | Its premise is "Maltese but with Middle Irish and Classical Irish (and secondarily French and Irta Sardinian) instead of Italian", and it's the only Irtan Semitic language that evolved naturally under Celtic influence ([[Knench]] is more Azalic-influenced, and Irta Modern Hebrew was revived by Celtic speakers), and the only Irtan Semitic language written in a Latin orthography (which is different from the one used on this page). | ||
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* ''wálid'' 'child' /'valid/ ['vælʲɪ̟d̪ʲ] | * ''wálid'' 'child' /'valid/ ['vælʲɪ̟d̪ʲ] | ||
* ''kibī́R'' 'big' /k̟ʰi'bi:rˁ/ [cʰɪ̟'bʲi:ɹʷˁ] | * ''kibī́R'' 'big' /k̟ʰi'bi:rˁ/ [cʰɪ̟'bʲi:ɹʷˁ] | ||
* ''gəbbḗR'' '(literary) great man (Korean 대장부)' /g̟əbbe:rˁ/ [ | * ''gəbbḗR'' '(literary) great man (Korean 대장부)' /g̟əbbe:rˁ/ [g̟ə̟p:e:ɹʷˁ] (no palatalization) | ||
/rˁ/ may be realized as [ɾˁ] or [ɹʷˁ], the latter sounding a lot like a General American English r: ''aSXūR'' [æɑ̯s{{vel}}ˈχʊːɹʷˁ] 'bird'. | /rˁ/ may be realized as [ɾˁ] or [ɹʷˁ], the latter sounding a lot like a General American English r: ''aSXūR'' [æɑ̯s{{vel}}ˈχʊːɹʷˁ] 'bird'. | ||
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ea oa ia ua [eɐ oɐ iɐ uɐ] result from CA i u ī ū + pharyngeal consonant; some ia ua also come from Old Irish ía úa | ea oa ia ua [eɐ oɐ iɐ uɐ] result from CA i u ī ū + pharyngeal consonant; some ia ua also come from Old Irish ía úa | ||
unstressed a is similar to stressed a; unstressed ə is [ʌ] after an emphatic and [ | unstressed a is similar to stressed a; unstressed ə is [ʌ] after an emphatic and [ə̟] after a nonemphatic | ||
Stress is no longer predictable | Stress is no longer predictable | ||
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=== Numerals === | === Numerals === | ||
wḗhad, tnēn, tlḗtə, áRBa, hámsə, síttə, sába, tmḗnjə, dísa, ā́šRə [veːhædʲ, t{{den}}ʰn̪eːnʲ, t{{den}}ʰl{{den}} | wḗhad, tnēn, tlḗtə, áRBa, hámsə, síttə, sába, tmḗnjə, dísa, ā́šRə [veːhædʲ, t{{den}}ʰn̪eːnʲ, t{{den}}ʰl{{den}}eːtʰə{{adv}}, æɑ̯ɹˁbˁɑ, hæmsə{{adv}}, sɪ{{adv}}t{{den}}ːə{{adv}}, ˈsæbæ, t{{den}}ʰmeːnʲjə{{adv}}, d{{den}}ɪ{{adv}}sæ, æːʃɹˁʌ] | ||
áwwil, tḗni, tḗlit, RṓBa, hā́mis, sḗtit, sḗba, tmḗni, dḗsa, ā́šir | áwwil, tḗni, tḗlit, RṓBa, hā́mis, sḗtit, sḗba, tmḗni, dḗsa, ā́šir | ||