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| ==Phonology==
| | '''Judeo-Mandarin''' is a descendant of Old Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese Jews in Irta. |
| ===Orthography===
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| k - כ/ק (kaph/qoph)
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| kh - כֿ/ח (kaph with rafe/ħeth)
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| g - ג (gimel)
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| gh - גֿ (gimel with rafe)
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| ṅ - נ/ע (nun/ayin)
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| c - צ (tzade)
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| ch - צֿ (tzade w/ rafe)
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| j- ג׳ (gimel with geresh)
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| jh - גֿ׳/ז (gimel with geresh and rafe/zayin)
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| ṭ - ת (taw)
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| ṭh - תֿ (taw with rafe)
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| ḍ - ד (daleth)
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| ḍh - דֿ (daleth with rafe)
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| t - ט (ṭeth)
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| th - טֿ (ṭeth with rafe)
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| d - ד׳ (daleth w/ geresh)
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| dh - דֿ׳ (daeth w/ geresh and rafe)
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| n - נ (nun)
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| p - פ (pe)
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| ph - פֿ (pe w/ rafe)
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| b - ב (beth)
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| bh - בֿ (beth w/ rafe)
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| m - מ (mem)
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| y - י (yodh)
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| r - ר (resh)
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| l - ל (lamedh)
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| v - ו (vav)
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| sh - שׁ (shin)
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| s - ס/שֹ (samekh/sin)
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| h - ה (he)
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| (null) - א (aleph)
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| Geminate consonants are marked with a dagesh.
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| vowels (fully vocalized - not fully vocalized)
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| a - אַ (pataħ - segol sounds like pataħ) - not marked
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| ā/au (both pronounced [ɒː]) - אׇ/אָו (qamatz/qamatz with vav) - mater lectionis is aleph or vav
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| i - אִי (hiriq with yodh) - mater lectionis is yodh
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| ī - אִיי (hiriq with double yodh) - mater lectionis is double yud
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| u - אֻו (qubbutz with vav) - mater lectionis is single vav
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| ū - אוּו (shuruk with double vav) - mater lectionis is double vav
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| ē - אֵי (tzere with yud) - mater lectionis is yud
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| ō - אוֹ (ħolam with vav) - mater lectionis is vav
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| ai - אֶי (segol with yud) - mater lection isis yud
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| Nasalization is marked with a nun-rafe following the vowel (e.g. מנושיוןֿ - mnushyõ)
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| ===Consonants===
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| | | Note: As a Gentile Korean speaker I believe I'm ''somewhat'' more qualified to sketch this than to sketch a hypothetical Judeo-Celtic language. I'll just sketch the sound changes here, without venturing into creating the Jewish-specific vocabulary. |
| {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
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| |+ Judeo-Indic consonants
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| ! colspan="2" |
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| ! Labial
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| ! Dental
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| ! Alveolar
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| ! Retroflex
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| ! Palatal
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| ! Velar
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| ! Pharyngeal
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| ! Glottal
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| |-
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| ! colspan=2| Nasal
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| | m
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| | n
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| | ŋ
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| ! rowspan=4| Plosive/Affricate
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | p
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| | t̪
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| | ts
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| | ʈ
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| | k
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiceless aspirated</small>
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| | pʰ
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| | t̪ʰ
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| | tsʰ
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| | ʈʰ
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| | kʰ
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | b
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| | d̪
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| | dz
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| | ɖ
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| | ɡ
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| |-
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| ! <small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | bʱ
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| | d̪ʱ
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| | dzʱ
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| | ɖʱ
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| | ɡʱ
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| |-
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| ! rowspan=2| Fricative
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | (f)
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| | s
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| | ʃ
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| | (x)
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | (z)
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| | (ɣ)
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| | (ʕ)
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| | ɦ
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| |-
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| ! colspan=2| Flap
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| | ɾ
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| |-
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| ! colspan=2| Approximant
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| | ʋ
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| | l
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| | j
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| |}
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| ===Vowels===
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| /ɐ ɒː æː eː ɪ iː oː ʊ uː/
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| ==Grammar==
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| [[Category:Judeo-Indic]][[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]][[Category:Indo-Iranian languages]][[Category:Indo-European languages]][[Category:A posteriori]]
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