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+Inspiration: Welsh, Vrushka; intended to be a Welshy counterpart to our Arabic which is Irishy
+Umlaut (before non-emphatic consonants)
+*a-umlaut: a i u aa ii uu ay aw > /a e o a: e: o: ai au/
+*i-umlaut: a i u aa ii uu ay aw > /ɛ i ü e: i: ü: ɛi aü/ (a: > e: already by imāla)
+*u-umlaut: a i u aa ii uu ay aw > /œ ü u œ: ü: u: ɔi ɛu/
+Loss of vowel length after umlaut; loss of geminates
+alif > 0
+yā' > /ð/ ''dde''
+ḍād > /ɬ/ ''llawd''
+sīn, shīn, ṣād > /s ʃ ɧ/ ''sin, šin, sjawd''
+ṭā' > /p/ ex. ''peddyb'' /pɛðəb/ 'good'
+tā' > /t/
+ẓā' > /ð/, /v/, /ɣ/ (randomly) ex. ''ghebi'' /ɣɛbi/ 'gazelle'; ''fwhr'' /vuhər/ 'noon'
+qāf > /k/ ''c'', kāf > /tʃ/ ''č''
+jīm > /g/
+fā > /v/