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Revision as of 05:03, 13 February 2020
A-Arabic (called Arabic in-universe) is a Semitic language inspired by Welsh. A-Arabic has a lexicon similar to Arabic and is the source of "Arabic" loans in English, but it uses Welsh-inspired mutations and syntax.
- Def. article is al- like in our Arabic
- Unconditional shifts: PSem p s z ts' tθ' ł tł' > ff ts s z tŝ ŝ tŝ
- θ δ gh > t d g?
- initial or geminated l r > ll rh
- Emphatics and geminates spirantize: t'/tt, k'/kk > th ch
- soft mutation:
- m, b > v
- t > d, d > dd
- c > g, g > 0
- ts > z, tŝ > ẑ
- ll > l, rh > r
Phonology
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
- chaff = 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.