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The Irish-influenced Arabic variety spoken in [[Verse:Irta|Irta]], in our Corsica; written in the Latin alphabet. Its speakers are predominantly Catholic.
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'''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.


: ''dia Γit/Γíw; sláM alékəm'' - greeting
== Morphology ==
: ''dias Murə Γit/Γíw; alékəm sláM'' -reply
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


== History ==
Some roots are bitonal:
Corsica was ruled by Arabs, then by the Irish, then the French, then the Azalic English
* ''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 ===
Corsican Arabic has an almost complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+ ''qwlmwlkwd'' 'to sleep'
B '''b''' '''G''' '''g''' '''D''' '''d''' H '''h''' W '''w''' '''Z''' '''z''' T '''t''' '''Γ''' '''γ''' K '''k''' '''X''' x L '''l''' M '''m''' N '''n''' '''S''' '''s''' F '''f''' P p '''R''' '''r''' '''š''' (bold = inherited)
|-
 
! Person !! Non-past !! Past/Stative
Clusters may not follow bwb sws in native words or with Irish words put into Arabic patterns. Irish broad and slender consonants are borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively.
|-
! 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''
|}


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
==== Patterns ====
(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)


a i o u ə á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua
Need nif3al and hif3il


== Morphology ==
should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
=== Pronouns ===
=== Pronouns ===
* inə, int, u(wə), i(jə), nahnə, intum, hum
No subject pronouns


=== Nouns ===
Pronominal affixes: todo
todo: broken plurals


article əl- (moon) or əC- (sun); sun letters D d Z z T t L l N n S s R r š 
== Syntax ==
=== Word order ===
Stolen from Lushootseed: predicate-first clauses and determiner-based noun phrases


=== Adjectives ===
=== Noun phrases ===
all adjectives have the same declension. Inanimate plurals are treated as sg fem
Noun phrases acting as constituents rather than as predicates need the determiner ''qw'':


=== Verbs ===
: Compare:
retain passive binyanim as impersonal; maSdars work like Irish verbnouns
:''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.


=== Prepositions ===
=== Emphasis ===
fré = against? frejjə, frék, fréh, fréhə, frénə, frékum, fréhum
The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.


alá = on; alejjə, alék, ...
* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' 'I go'
* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''' koo'' / ''koo qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' '<i>I</i> go'


imejn 'about' (~ Scottish Gaelic mu dheidhinn): imejni, imejnək, imejnih, imejnhə, imejnnə, imejnkum, imejnhum
[[Category:Conlangs]]
 
[[Category:Angai]]
=== Numerals ===
wáhəd, tnén, tlátə, aRBa, hamsə, sittə, saba, tmánijə, disa, ášRə
 
== Syntax ==
Irish/Gàidhlig relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects. Even more Irishy than Irta Modern Hebrew