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*Arabic: mentioned in Neo-Assyrian texts per tribal nomina. Ṣafaitic texts show h- and ’al- as articles so no unified dialect. SA script shows drop of nunation and of case but preserving distinction of š and ś, and of the emphatic series. -t of feminine preserved here and there. | *Arabic: mentioned in Neo-Assyrian texts per tribal nomina. Ṣafaitic texts show h- and ’al- as articles so no unified dialect. SA script shows drop of nunation and of case but preserving distinction of š and ś, and of the emphatic series. -t of feminine preserved here and there. | ||
*Gafat: ~Blue Nile, W. Ethiopia, died,r eplaced with Amharic. Preserves archaic plural noun ''kitač''¸( <Sem. ''*kitāti'' 'children') ~ cf. Egyptian ''ktt'' “little one”. Also preserved ''mossay' “child”, cf. Egyptian ''mś'' ( < ''mśi'' 'give birth') | *Gafat: ~Blue Nile, W. Ethiopia, died,r eplaced with Amharic. Preserves archaic plural noun ''kitač''¸( <Sem. ''*kitāti'' 'children') ~ cf. Egyptian ''ktt'' “little one”. Also preserved ''mossay'' “child”, cf. Egyptian ''mś'' ( < ''mśi'' 'give birth') | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||