Judeo-Gaelic

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Judeo-Chinese is a descendant of Middle Chinese adopted by Chinese Jews in Verse:Tumhan, written in a version of the Hebrew alphabet. Like other Chinese varieties, it is a tonal language and is unintelligible to speakers of other Chinese lects.

Phonology

Initials

tsy tshy dzy ny sy zy > ti thi di ni si zi

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Retroflex Velar Laryngeal
broad slender broad slender slender broad
Nasal n̪ˠ ɳ ŋʲ ŋ
Stop plain t̪ˠ ʈ k ʔ
aspirated pˠʰ pʲʰ t̪ˠʰ tʲʰ ʈʰ kʲʰ
voiced d̪ˠ ɖ g
Affricate plain t̪sˠ tsʲ
aspirated t̪sˠʰ tsʲʰ tʂʰ
voiced d̪zˠ dzʲ
Fricative voiceless ʂ x h
voiced ɣʲ ɣ
Approximant (w) l̪ˠ ɻ j

Rimes

a, wa, ja, jwa > a, o, ia, io
ae, wae, jae > ä, a, iä
u, jo, ju > u, ia, iu
oj, ajH > aj
woj, wajH > oj
eaj, aejH > äj
weaj, waejH > aj

jejH, jiejH, jwejH, jwiejH might have the same outcome as je, jie, jwe, jwie
those finals with -ji- are called chongniu finals
i could merge jiej completely with jej like mandarin does
or they could be different
i'll treat jiej like jij and jwiej like jwij

je(j), jwe(j) > ie, iə
joj, jwoj > ej, əj
ij, jij, wij, jwij > y, i, uj, iuj
i > y
j+j, jw+j > i, iuj
aw, aew, jew, jiew, ew, uw, juw, jiw > aw, aw, iaw, iew, ew, u, iu, iew
om, am, eam, aem, jem, jiem, jaem, jom, em, im, jim > um, om, am, am, iem, im, iam, iom, ium, em, im, jim
an, wan, aen, waen, ean, wean > an, on, än, an, en, ən
jen, jwen, jon, jwon > ien, iən, ion, iun
en, wen, on, won > en, ən, on, un
in, jin, win, jwin, j+n, jun > in, yn, un, iun, in, iun
ak, wak, jak, jwak > ak, ok, iak, iok
aewk > auk
ok, wok, ik, wik > ok, uk, ik, uk
aek, waek, eak, waek > äk, ak, äk, ak
jaek, jwaek > iäk, iak
jek jwek ek wek > iek iək ek ək
uwk owk juwk jowk > uk ok iuk iok

Tonality

Orthography

Grammar