Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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== Mutation == | == Mutation == | ||
Some but not all modern varieties of Ăn Yidiș have initial consonant mutation which serves grammatical roles. Standard Ăn Yidiș has lenition and h-prothesis but no eclipsis. Lenition is called הרפּיה ''hărpóyă'' lit. 'rafe-ization', after the diacritic רפה ''rofă'' | Some but not all modern varieties of Ăn Yidiș have initial consonant mutation which serves grammatical roles. Standard Ăn Yidiș has lenition and h-prothesis but no eclipsis. Lenition is called הרפּיה ''hărpóyă'' lit. 'rafe-ization', after the diacritic רפה ''rofă''. Sometimes it's called הרפּיה קֿעלאך ''hărpóyă Ghełăch'' to distinguish it from Hebrew ''begadkefat'' which is not identical. | ||
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