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| '''ז''' <tt>/z/</tt> | | '''ז''' <tt>/z/</tt> | ||
| '''זש''' <tt>/ʒ/</tt> | | '''זש''' <tt>/ʒ/</tt> | ||
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| '''ל''' <tt>/l/</tt> | | '''ל''' <tt>/l/</tt> | ||
| '''י''' <tt>/j/</tt> | | '''י''' <tt>/j/</tt> | ||
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When necessary to avoid confusion, <tt>/u/</tt> can be precisely specified with a '''וּ''', called a '''šurek'''. <tt>/i/</tt> can be invoked as '''יִ''', that is a '''yud xirek'''. | When necessary to avoid confusion, <tt>/u/</tt> can be precisely specified with a '''וּ''', called a '''šurek'''. <tt>/i/</tt> can be invoked as '''יִ''', that is a '''yud xirek'''. | ||
==== Others ==== | ==== Others ==== | ||
Yiddish has many loanwords from Hebrew and Aramaic which are written using the Hebrew abjad in the Semitic way. Weddish, however, writes these words out according to its own orthographic conventions. | Yiddish has many loanwords from Hebrew and Aramaic which are written using the Hebrew abjad in the Semitic way. Weddish, however, writes these words out according to its own orthographic conventions. There are times when it is necessary to use the ancient letters, especially in religious settings. | ||
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! Lošn Koydeš Letter | ! Lošn Koydeš Letter | ||
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There is also a highly ornate style of writing Weddish, called '''xtiv qoydeš''' (holy writing, abbr. x"q) | There is also a highly ornate style of writing Weddish, called '''xtiv qoydeš''' ("holy writing", abbr. x"q) where letters are used not as an alphabet, but as an abjad. Vowels may or may not be written in this style. When written, they are written as diacritical marks ("points") around the consonants. In this style, '''v''' is written as '''ו''' and '''y''' as '''י'''. Vowels are as follows, with the '''א''' written as necessary: | ||
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! Standard | ! Standard | ||
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== Phonotactics == | == Phonotactics == | ||
Weddish phonotactics are inherited from Yiddish, which | Weddish phonotactics are inherited from Yiddish, which are quite permissive on the world scale<ref>http://wals.info/chapter/12</ref>. While they do not rise to the level of Georgian or Salish, they are nevertheless difficult for English speakers. Gemination only becomes phonemic across word boundaries. Consonant clusters are spontaneously broken up across syllables in order to make codas less complicated and, if necessary, onsets more so. | ||
=== Syllabic Consonants === | === Syllabic Consonants === | ||
Liquids and fricatives may | Liquids and fricatives may be said syllabically. Syllabic consonants occur at the end of a word. In an unstressed syllable, syllabic sonorants and syllables with a reduced vowel are indistinguishable. In stressed syllables, no vowel is written, the onset and coda are optional or may consist of a single stop. | ||
=== Onsets === | === Onsets === | ||
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=== Formality === | === Formality === | ||
=== Particles === | === Particles === | ||
By far the most commonly occurring particle is '''v-''', which is like a verbal comma. Yiddish - like English - has the word and/'''un'''. Weddish, however, only uses that word to connect clauses. '''v-''' is a return to Hebrew, though typically not at the start of sentences. | |||
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[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Germanic languages]][[Category:Semitic languages]][[Category:A posteriori]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Germanic languages]][[Category:Semitic languages]][[Category:A posteriori]] | ||