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==Phonology==
'''Judeo-Mandarin''' is a descendant of Old Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese Jews in Irta.
===Consonants===


 
Note: As a Gentile Korean speaker I believe I'm ''somewhat'' more qualified to sketch this than to sketch a hypothetical Judeo-Celtic language. I'll just sketch the sound changes here, without venturing into creating the Jewish-specific vocabulary.
{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+ Judeo-Indic consonants
|-
! colspan="2" |
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Retroflex
! Palatal
! Velar
! Pharyngeal
! Glottal
|-
! colspan=2| Nasal
| m
| n
|
|
|
| ŋ
|
|
|-
! rowspan=4| Plosive/Affricate
! <small>voiceless</small>
| p
| t̪
| ts
| ʈ
|
| k
|
|
|-
! <small>voiceless aspirated</small>
| pʰ
| t̪ʰ
| tsʰ
| ʈʰ
|
| kʰ
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| b
| d̪
| dz
| ɖ
|
| ɡ
|
|
|-
! <small>breathy voiced</small>
| bʱ
| d̪ʱ
| dzʱ
| ɖʱ
|
| ɡʱ
|
|
|-
! rowspan=2| Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| (f)
|
| s
|
| ʃ
| (x)
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|
|
| (z)
|
|
| (ɣ)
| (ʕ)
| ɦ
|-
! colspan=2| Flap
|
|
| ɾ
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan=2| Approximant
| ʋ
| l
|
|
| j
|
|
|
|}
 
===Vowels===
 
[[Category:Judeo-Indic]][[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]][[Category:Indo-Iranian languages]][[Category:Indo-European languages]][[Category:A posteriori]]

Latest revision as of 07:20, 5 January 2023

Judeo-Mandarin is a descendant of Old Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese Jews in Irta.

Note: As a Gentile Korean speaker I believe I'm somewhat more qualified to sketch this than to sketch a hypothetical Judeo-Celtic language. I'll just sketch the sound changes here, without venturing into creating the Jewish-specific vocabulary.