Verse:Anachron/Arabo-Japanese
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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
ishichōmāru = isti3māl
tasuwauru, tasōru - taSawwur
rutsuō - luTf
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