Verse:Anachron/Arabo-Japanese

Arabo-Japanese is a register of Japanese spoken in Irta's Sakhalin and Mongolia. It's notable for having lots of Arabic and Persian loanwords.

Todo

Middle Japanese + Arabic/Persian + subsequent sound changes

sarāmareikun = assalāmu 3alaykum

S, D, T, Z -> suw-, zuw-, tsuw-, zuw-

zuiyōdā = Difda3

nōsu = nafs

isuchōmāru = isti3māl

Orthography

Arabo-Japanese is written in a mix of two scripts: Perso-Arabic and a cursive form of Hiragana. It's written from right to left.

Grammar

Verbs of Arabic origin use VN + suru or VN + iru (analogous to the way they work in Turkish).

darusu suru = to study

Pluralization becomes a bit more productive because of Arabic influence; a native plural morpheme develops