Tergetian vernaculars

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Al-Qayljiyyah (the Arabic name for the language) is a descendant of Old Irish that has been heavily influenced by Arabic.

Romanized spelling

  • In Arabic loans, final consonant is always slender unless laryngeal, /r/ or emphatic (This is because of the genitive ending -i)
  • Iotation from Arabic is spelled with an extra i before the vowel: gium'húirie 'republic'.

Gaelic maqam (macáim)

Macáim Għaigeim should be based on Dorian