North Semitic

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North Semitic, or Togarmo-Canaanite, is a Lõisian lineage of Semitic separate from Central Semitic.

Diachronics

PSem *θ ð θ' s s' z ś ś' š -> PNSem *s̠ z̠ ts̠ s ts z ł tł š -> Togarmite /z ʒ ʒ s ts z ʃ ʃ s/

Schleicher's Fable in Proto-North Semitic

Hak-kʰabłu wa-hap-pʰarašū

Kʰabłum, ðū lahu lā hawiya tłamrum, yarʔi pʰarašīm: yagrur ʔaħadum minhumū markʰabatʰam þakūlam, wa-yaħmil ʔaħadum ħimlam gadālam, wa-yaħmil mahīram aħadum ʔināšam. Wa-yaʔmar hak-kʰabłu: Marra lī hal-libbu, bi-riʔāyatʰī ʔināšam rākʰibam pʰarašīm. Wa-yaʔmarū hap-pʰarašū: Šamaʕ hak-kʰabła! Marra lanā hal-libbu, bi-riʔāyatʰinā ðā: ʔināšum hab-baʕlu yaʕāłiyu lahu malbašatʰam ħamīmatʰam min tłamri hak-kʰabłī. Wa-lā li-hak-kʰabłi tłamrum. Bi-šimāʕi hak-kʰabłi ðā, yabraħ ʔila hał-ładiyi.