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Inspiration: Old Chinese, [[Heleasic]], Akkadian, Amharic | Inspiration: Old Chinese, [[Heleasic]], Akkadian, Amharic | ||
In [[Verse:Irta|Irta]], Far East Semitic is one of the major branches of | In [[Verse:Irta|Irta]], Far East Semitic is one of the major branches of Semitic. | ||
Loans from Old Chinese and Sino-IE in addition to the usual SEA families (except Austronesian) | Loans from Old Chinese and Sino-IE in addition to the usual SEA families (except Austronesian) | ||
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Verner's law in random words? plax "to open" <- *pdax <- *phthax | Verner's law in random words? plax "to open" <- *pdax <- *phthax | ||
lhor "king", | lhor "king", mələkh "prince"? | ||
(ğurayb >) ''qraib'' "crow, raven" | (ğurayb >) ''qraib'' "crow, raven" | ||
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Lots of dvandvas | Lots of dvandvas | ||
bayth X = expert in X | |||
šmay 2ərətlh: world | šmay 2ərətlh: world | ||
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Vowels: i ɨ u e ə o a ā | Vowels: i ɨ u e ə o a ā | ||
''p'' | ''p'' and ''ŋ'' show up by assimilation or in loanwords from Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan languages. | ||
ɣašt, θian, l̥āθ, ɚbaɣ, qhamš, šɨš, šbaɣ, šmān, dɨšq, | ɣašt, θian, l̥āθ, ɚbaɣ, qhamš, šɨš, šbaɣ, šmān, dɨšq, l̥ər | ||
11: | 11: l̥ər had, 12: l̥ər θian, etc. | ||
θina, l̥əθa, ɚbɣa, qhəmša, šɨša, šbəɣa, šməna, dɨšqa, mə'a | θina, l̥əθa, ɚbɣa, qhəmša, šɨša, šbəɣa, šməna, dɨšqa, mə'a | ||
ələp | |||
100,000: | 100,000: ləkəš | ||
100,00,000: kot | 100,00,000: kot | ||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Most Far East Semitic languages are written with an abugida inspired aesthetically by Ahom. The consonant letters are based on the Proto-Sinaitic abjad. | Most Far East Semitic languages are written with an abugida inspired aesthetically by Ahom. The consonant letters are based on the Proto-Sinaitic abjad. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
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==Derivation== | ==Derivation== | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Proto-Far East Semitic syntax is close to Tagalog. It's a VSO language. Modern Far East Semitic languages | Proto-Far East Semitic syntax is close to Tagalog. It's a VSO language. Modern Far East Semitic languages have a much more similar syntax to Thai, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew or Arabic. | ||
[[Category:Semitic languages]] | [[Category:Semitic languages]] | ||
[[Category:Stem-Akkadian languages]] | [[Category:Stem-Akkadian languages]] |
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