Judeo-Gaelic

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

It is aesthetically inspired by Icelandic and Sami.

Phonology

Initials

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

p merges into b

tr trh dr nr tsr tshr sr zr > q qh ʀ ʀ χ χ ʃ w

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental		Velar		Laryngeal
		broad	slender	broad	slender	slender	broad
Nasal		mˠ	mʲ	n̪ˠ	nʲ	ŋʲ	ŋ
Stop	plain			t̪ˠ	tʲ	kʲ	k
	aspirated	pˠʰ	pʲʰ	t̪ˠʰ	tʲʰ	kʲʰ	kʰ
	voiced	bˠ	bʲ	d̪ˠ	dʲ	gʲ	g
Affricate	plain			t̪sˠ	tsʲ
	aspirated			t̪sˠʰ	tsʲʰ
Fricative	voiceless	fˠ		sˠ	sʲ	xʲ	x	h
	voiced	vˠ		zˠ	zʲ
Approximant		w		l̪ˠ	lʲ	j

Rimes

In stressed syllables:

a, wa, ja, jwa > a, o, ia, io
ae, wae, jae > æ, a, iæ
u, jo, ju > u, ia, iu
oj, ajH > aj
woj, wajH > oj
eaj, aejH > æj
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 > ioj, iəj
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, æn, 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 > æk, ak, æk, ak
jaek, jwaek > iæk, iak
jek jwek ek wek > iek iək ek ək
uwk owk juwk jowk > uk ok iuk iok

Tonality

level = 45, H = 13, X = 53

Tone is realized on the stressed syllable.