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'''Al-Qayljiyyah''' (the Arabic name for the language; the native name is ''Gaeilig'') is a descendant of Old Irish that has been heavily influenced by Arabic. '''Qaylji''' may be used in English as the related adjective.
In [[Eevo]], "'''Tergetian languages'''" (''Terjedib'' or ''łynøñ Terjed'') refers to naturally evolved vernacular descendants of Classical Tseer. This is ironic, as Wen Dămea was called the Tergetian empire by some peoples in ancient times.


== An Giumhúirie Gaelaċ ==
== Common features ==
The '''Gaelic Republic''' (''an Giumhúirie Gaelaċ'' /ə ɟʊmˈhuːrʲjə ˈgeːlˠəχ/) is a historically Muslim country in the British Isles. It's often shortened to ''an Giumhúirie'' by its inhabitants.
* AuxVOS, with V a verbal noun (from topic final word order in Classical Tseer)
 
* Verbal nouns treated ergatively like in Irish ("my love to/by-him" means "his love for me") [a Standard Average Talman feature, opposite of SAE or Hebrew/JBA]
== Romanized spelling ==
* Large but closed class of auxiliaries, e.g. for tense marking, or things like "marbeh lisloach" 'forgives often' (shared to some extent by Anbirese)
Based on our Irish orthography, but:
* Marks pluractionality by pluralizing the verbal noun
* Lenition is always spelled with an overdot, never with ''h''. This is because of Arabic clusters with /h/.
* construct state marked by a reflex of the CTseer 3sg.m possessive pronoun ''in''
* In Arabic loans, final consonant is always slender unless laryngeal, /r/ or emphatic (This is because of the genitive ending ''-i'')
* Verb tenses work a lot like like in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic or Scottish Gaelic
* Iotation in Arabic loans is spelled with an extra ''i'' before the vowel: ''giumhúirie'' /ɟʊmˈhuːrʲjə/ 'republic'.
** "in VN" or "on VN" for imperfective aspect unmarked for tense
 
** "after VN" for perfective aspect
== Qaylji ''macáim'' ==
** an auxiliary can be used to mark tense, which is relative to conjunctions like "before": "before (future aux)", "after (past aux)"
''Macáim Għaigeim'' should be based on Dorian
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 22 April 2023

In Eevo, "Tergetian languages" (Terjedib or łynøñ Terjed) refers to naturally evolved vernacular descendants of Classical Tseer. This is ironic, as Wen Dămea was called the Tergetian empire by some peoples in ancient times.

Common features

  • AuxVOS, with V a verbal noun (from topic final word order in Classical Tseer)
  • Verbal nouns treated ergatively like in Irish ("my love to/by-him" means "his love for me") [a Standard Average Talman feature, opposite of SAE or Hebrew/JBA]
  • Large but closed class of auxiliaries, e.g. for tense marking, or things like "marbeh lisloach" 'forgives often' (shared to some extent by Anbirese)
  • Marks pluractionality by pluralizing the verbal noun
  • construct state marked by a reflex of the CTseer 3sg.m possessive pronoun in
  • Verb tenses work a lot like like in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic or Scottish Gaelic
    • "in VN" or "on VN" for imperfective aspect unmarked for tense
    • "after VN" for perfective aspect
    • an auxiliary can be used to mark tense, which is relative to conjunctions like "before": "before (future aux)", "after (past aux)"
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