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-The Irish-influenced Arabic variety spoken in our Basque Country; written in the Latin alphabet. Its speakers are predominantly Catholic.
+{{List subpages}}
+'''Qwbmwdqwg''' /ʔə˥mə˨˩˨ʔə˧˩̤/ is a tritonal root language.
-"Maltese but with Irish (and secondarily French) instead of Italian" --- the only Irtan Semlang that evolved naturally under Celtic influence (Crannish doesn't really count), and the only Irtan Semitic language written in the Latin script
+== Phonology ==
+* vowels: {{angbr|''w oo''}} /ə ã/
+* consonants: {{angbr|''q m k''}} /ʔ m k~h/
+* tone letters are used at the end of syllables: {{angbr|''-b -0 -x -s -t -j -v -g -d -z -l''}} /˥ ˧ ˩˧ ˩ ˨˩ˀ ˥˧ ˨˦ ˧˩̤ ˨˩˨ ˧˦˧ ˧˩/
+The -0 tone only occurs in function words and affixes.
+== Morphology ==
+Most Qwbmwdqwg roots are tritonal. Some roots in the qwT<sub>1</sub>mwT<sub>2</sub>kwT<sub>3</sub> verb stem:
+* ''qw'''l'''mw'''b'''kw'''j''''' = to preside
+* ''qw'''b'''mw'''d'''kw'''g''''' = to speak
+* ''qw'''x'''mw'''b'''kw'''b''''' = to hear
+* ''qw'''j'''mw'''g'''kw'''d''''' = to see
+* ''qw'''b'''mw'''x'''kw'''s''''' = to eat
+* ''qw'''z'''mw'''x'''kw'''v''''' = to drink
+Some roots are bitonal:
+* ''qw'''x'''kw'''j''''' 'to stand'
+* ''qw'''s'''kw'''s''''' 'to go, to walk'
+* ''qw'''b'''kw'''x''''' 'to fly'
+=== Nouns ===
+The plural marker is ''-qoob'': ''mw'''b'''kw'''x''''' 'bird', ''mw'''b'''kw'''x'''qoob'' 'birds'.
+==== Patterns ====
+(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)
-== Phonology ==
+=== Verbs ===
-has complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ ''qwlmwlkwd'' 'to sleep'
+|-
+! Person !! Non-past !! Past/Stative
+|-
+! 1sg
+|| ''qoolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoox''
+|-
+! 2sg
+|| ''koolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkwt''
+|-
+! 3sg
+|| ''moolmwlqwd'' || ''qwlkwlqood''
+|-
+! 1pl
+|| ''qoolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoov''
+|-
+! 2pl
+|| ''koolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkoov''
+|-
+! 3pl
+|| ''moolmwlqood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodmooj''
+|-
+! Participle
+|colspan=2| ''moolqwlqwd''
+|-
+! Verbal noun
+|colspan=2| ''qwlmwlkwd''
+|}
-B b G g D d h W w Z z T t y q k X x L l M m N n S s F f P p R r Š š (Lith. broad and slender š)
+==== Patterns ====
+(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)
-Clusters may not follow bwb sws in native words. Irish broad and slender consonants are borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively.
+Need nif3al and hif3il
-has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin
+=== Pronouns ===
+No subject pronouns
-a i u á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua
+Pronominal affixes: todo
-== Morphology ==
-should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
 == Syntax ==
-Irish relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects
+=== Word order ===
+Stolen from Lushootseed: predicate-first clauses and determiner-based noun phrases
+=== Noun phrases ===
+Noun phrases acting as constituents rather than as predicates need the determiner ''qw'':
+: Compare:
+:''Qw'''d'''kw'''l'''qw'''b''' qw qw'''b'''mw'''d'''qw'''g'''.''
+: Qwbmwdqwg is easy.
+:''Qw'''b'''mw'''d'''qw'''g''' kwt. Qoo Kwskwskwskws kwt.''
+: This is Qwbmwdqwg. And this is Quququqquq.
+=== Emphasis ===
+The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.
+* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' 'I go'
+* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''' koo'' / ''koo qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' '<i>I</i> go'
+[[Category:Conlangs]]
+[[Category:Angai]]