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)