Thackish

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Proto-Mallorcan Arabic is the variety of vernacular Arabic that eventually became Mallorcan Arabic, specifically the stage before it started absorbing Irish influence.

(does van Putten's book have any leads on Neo-Arabic?)

Ultrashort yers? ŭ ĭ, with latter only allowed after nonemphatics

Phonological history of vowels

Stressed low vowels

Stressed high vowels

Final vowels

-ah, -ā, -ē, -ā2 > -ə

Phonological history of consonants

Morphology

Syntax

Irishy "ADJ el-NOUN" construction: "In Classical Arabic syncopated forms do not usually occur, the only place where they occur is when the verbs naʕima ‘he is glad’ and baʔisa ‘he is miserable’ are employed as pseudo-verbs of emphatic qualification, such as niʕma r-raǧulu ‘what a wonderful man!’ and biʔsa n-nisāʔu ‘what evil women!’ (Fischer 2002, §259–263)." (van Putten)