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'''Al-Qayljiyyah''' (the Arabic name for the language; the native name is ''Ᵹaeiliᵹ'') 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 Ᵹiumhúirie Ᵹaelaċ ==
== Common features ==
The '''Gaelic Republic''' (''an Ᵹiumhúirie Ᵹaelaċ'' /ə ɟʊmˈhuːrʲjə ˈgeːlˠəχ/) is a Gaelic-speaking, historically Muslim country comprising the entirety of the British Isles. It's often shortened to ''an Ᵹiumhúirie'' by its inhabitants. The indigenous Celtic speaking peoples converted to Islam around 11th century AD.
* 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''
* /g/ (broad or slender) is spelled {{angbr|ᵹ}}.
* Verb tenses work a lot like like in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic or Scottish Gaelic
=== Spelling Arabic loans ===
** "in VN" or "on VN" for imperfective aspect unmarked for tense
* In Arabic loans, final consonant is always slender unless laryngeal, /r/ or emphatic (This is because of the genitive ending ''-i'')
** "after VN" for perfective aspect
* Iotation in Arabic loans is spelled with an extra ''i'' before the vowel: ''ᵹiumhúirie'' /ɟʊmˈhuːrʲjə/ 'republic'.
** an auxiliary can be used to mark tense, which is relative to conjunctions like "before": "before (future aux)", "after (past aux)"
* Arabic 3ayn is spelled {{angbr|h}}, but only acts as vowel coloring in Qaylji. It turns neighboring schwa to /ɐ/, etc.
 
== Qaylji ''macáim'' ==
''Macáim Gaiᵹeim'' should be based on Dorian
 
[[Category:Celtic languages]][[Category:Goidelic languages]][[Category:Indo-European languages]]

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)"