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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 tš š tš
  • 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, tš > ž
  • ll > l, rh > r