Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin
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Yudach or Judeo-Gaelic (natively: אנגאלג' יודך anGhalj Yudach) is a Goidelic language spoken by the Irish-Jewish diaspora around the world. It mainly borrows words from Hebrew, but also from English, French and Welsh.
Phonology
- Consonants: b c ch č d f g gh j h l ł m n p r s š t th ts v y z /b k x tʃ d f g γ dʒ h l w m n p r s ʃ h ts j v z/
- Lenitions:
- /b/ > /v/
- /f/ > /0/
- /g/ > /ɣ/
- /k/ > /x/
- /tʃ/ > /ʃ/
- /p/ > /f/
- /s/ > /h/
- /t/ > /h/
- /ts/ > /h/
- /z/ > /j/
- /dʒ/ > /j/
- ts z č j arise from slender t d c g.
- Vowels: /a e i o u ə/
Grammar
the grammar should be modelled after colloquial welsh
- תּאָ מֵי אַ-ל'אַסאַג נרות חנוכּה
- to me a łasagh neroth hanuca
/to me ə 'wasəɣ 'nerəh 'hanukə/
- I'm lighting Hanukkah candles. (or I light Hanukkah candles)