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'''A-Arabic''' (''al-għarefi''; called Arabic in-universe) is a Semitic language inspired by Welsh. A-Arabic has a lexicon similar to our Arabic and is the source of "Arabic" loans in English, but it uses | '''A-Arabic''' (''al-għarefi''; called Arabic in-universe) is a Semitic language inspired by Welsh and Estonian. A-Arabic has a lexicon similar to our Arabic and is the source of "Arabic" loans in English, but it uses a Sami- and Icelandic-inspired phonology. | ||
*Def. article is al- like in our Arabic | *Def. article is al- like in our Arabic | ||
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**ts > z, tŝ > ẑ | **ts > z, tŝ > ẑ | ||
**ll > l, rh > r | **ll > l, rh > r | ||
*More Estonian vowels? | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Welsh + ü ö ä | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
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*''al-chaff'' = the coffee | *''al-chaff'' = the coffee | ||
Animate plural nouns usually end in -i or display i-affection | Animate plural nouns usually end in -i or display i-affection: | ||
*waladd, welydd 'boy' | |||
*mwddarhys, mydderhis 'teacher' | |||
However, there are many broken plurals: | |||
* cydof, pl. cwdwf 'book' | * cydof, pl. cwdwf 'book' | ||
* ħarff, pl. ħyruff 'letter (character)' | * ħarff, pl. ħyruff 'letter (character)' | ||
* calf, pl. cylof 'dog' | * calf, pl. cylof 'dog' | ||
Some plurals end in | Some plurals end in −ad, e.g. ai, ajad 'sign'. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
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===Prepositions=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||
*ly = dative | |||
*by = instrumental | |||
*''ffi'' = locative | |||
*magh = comitative | |||
*ghale = "on" | |||
===Conjunctions=== | ===Conjunctions=== | ||
===Preverbs=== | ===Preverbs=== |
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