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*Def. article is al- like in our Arabic | *Def. article is al- like in our Arabic | ||
*Unconditional shifts: PSem p s z ts' tθ' ł tł' > ff ts s z | *Unconditional shifts: PSem p s z ts' tθ' ł tł' > ff ts s z tŝ ŝ tŝ | ||
**θ δ gh > t d g? | **θ δ gh > t d g? | ||
*initial or geminated l r > ll rh | *initial or geminated l r > ll rh | ||
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**t > d, d > dd | **t > d, d > dd | ||
**c > g, g > 0 | **c > g, g > 0 | ||
**ts > z, | **ts > z, tŝ > ẑ | ||
**ll > l, rh > r | **ll > l, rh > r | ||
== | ==Phonology== | ||
== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Pronouns=== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
The definite article ''al'' is invariable, as in Old Hijazi Arabic. | |||
*''chaff'' = coffee | |||
*''al chaff'' = the coffee | |||
===Adjectives=== | |||
===Verbs and auxiliaries=== | |||
A-Arabic lost productive triconsonantal morphology and thus inflected verbs. The combination of auxiliaries and prepositions are used to mark tense, as in Colloquial Welsh. | |||
===Prepositions=== | |||
===Conjunctions=== | |||
===Preverbs=== | |||