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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
 
: ''dia Γit/Γíw; sláM alékəm'' - greeting
: ''dias Murə Γit/Γíw; alékəm sláM'' -reply
 
== History ==
Corsica was ruled by Arabs, then by the Irish, then the French, then the Azalic English


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Corsican Arabic has an almost complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs:
* vowels: {{angbr|''w oo''}} /ə ã/
 
* consonants: {{angbr|''q m k''}} /ʔ m k~h/
B '''b''' '''G''' '''g''' '''D''' '''d''' H '''h''' W '''w''' '''Z''' '''z''' T '''t''' '''Γ''' '''j''' K '''k''' '''X''' x L '''l''' M '''m''' N '''n''' '''S''' '''s''' F '''f''' P p '''R''' '''r''' '''š''' (bold = inherited)
* 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.
slender w is /β/
 
word-final nonemphatic consonants are slightly palatalized
 
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.
 
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
 
a i o u ə á é ý/í ó ú əj əw aj aw ea oa ia ua


== Morphology ==
== Morphology ==
should extract consonantal roots from Irish words
Most Qwbmwdqwg roots are tritonal. Some roots in the qwT<sub>1</sub>mwT<sub>2</sub>kwT<sub>3</sub> verb stem:
=== Pronouns ===
* ''qw'''l'''mw'''b'''kw'''j''''' = to preside
* inə, int, u(wə), i(jə), nahnə, intum, hum
* ''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 ===
=== Nouns ===
sound plurals: m. -0 > -ín, f. -ə > -áh;
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)


f. sg. const. -ət/-t (''Gidə'' 'prayer (said before meal)' -> ''Gidət'' 'prayer of', ''Gidəti'' 'my prayer')
=== Verbs ===
{| 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''
|}


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


article əl- (moon) or əC- (sun); sun letters D d Z z T t L l N n S s R r š 
Need nif3al and hif3il


sg possessives: -i -ək -ih -hə -nə -kum -hum
=== Pronouns ===
No subject pronouns


pl possessives: -ejjə -ék -éh -éhə -énə -ékum -éhum
Pronominal affixes: todo


=== Adjectives ===
== Syntax ==
all adjectives have the same declension: -0 -ə -ín -át. Inanimate plurals are treated as sg fem
=== Word order ===
 
Stolen from Lushootseed: predicate-first clauses and determiner-based noun phrases
=== Verbs ===
retain passive binyanim as impersonal; maSdars work like Irish verbnouns


=== Prepositions ===
=== Noun phrases ===
fré = against? frejjə, frék, fréh, fréhə, frénə, frékum, fréhum
Noun phrases acting as constituents rather than as predicates need the determiner ''qw'':


alá = on; alejjə, alék, ...
: 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.


mijejn 'about' (~ Scottish Gaelic mu dheidhinn): mijejni, mijejnək, mijejnih, mijejnhə, mijejnnə, mijejnkum, mijejnhum
=== Emphasis ===
The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.


=== Numerals ===
* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' 'I go'
wáhəd, tnén, tlátə, aRBa, hamsə, sittə, saba, tmánijə, disa, ášRə
* ''qoo'''s'''mw'''s''' koo'' / ''koo qoo'''s'''mw'''s''''' '<i>I</i> go'


== Syntax ==
[[Category:Conlangs]]
Irish/Gàidhlig relex; VSO and verbnouns whose poessessors are direct objects. Even more Irishy than Irta Modern Hebrew
[[Category:Angai]]