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--- In westasianconlangs@yahoogroups.com, "yitzik_ua <isaacp@u...>" <isaacp@u...> wrote: > --- In westasianconlangs@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4 > <theophilus88@h...>" <theophilus88@h...> wrote: > > Idgud Khabarakhe: > > Greetings! I thought that info on Emegali, since it has a Semitic > > structure, could go here. > > Salaam! Indeed you are in the right place! > Mákdamo be kheyro - Most heartly welcome! > > > Emegali /y/ [j] causes some peculiarities in verb forms. > [skip the paradigms] > > I hope I'll give more detailed analysis a bit later; Friday is a busy > day: I'm still at work, and yet have to prepare for Sabbath... > > But you're definitely right. In all natlangs of Semitic type I > heard, /y/ in verb root makes quite many alterations to the paradigm. > Especially l"y (Y-3 in your scheme). Idgud Khabarakhe: Actually, I was thinking that it should be: ay > ei > e: uy > oi > ou > o: OR ay > ai > e: uy > oi > o: buluy 'go back (m sg)' > bulo: The rule is V+glide > long mid-vowel + V > long mid-vowel Also is [s<lat>] closer to an emphatic s or to [S]? On other matters, [X]/[g"] and [N]/[m]start out as allophones, but are later used to disambiguate verbs - an important process in a Sumerian-influenced language. > > Mokhtaramã (respectfully), > Yitzik