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Re: [westasianconlangs] Gedeh Grammar



Ah, at last smbody showed signs of activity here. Very good, Pavel! I'll have a
more attentive look at the project later; we are approaching autumn Festivals:
Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot - thus I'm so short of time! But what on
earth is `Mek group? I've heard nothing about it. How are the vowel restrictions
motivated? They are rather non-Semitic. Semitic languages are *characterized* by
diversity of vocalization!

With much respects,
-- Yitzik

Katav Pavel Adamek:

>  Gedeh is a Semitic language.
>  It is a member of the `Mek language group,
> so it received its shared characteristics:
> - the agglutinative type
> - the restriction that "e" appears only in roots
>   and the other vowels only in grammatical affixes.
> - at least 4 genders:
>   common, masculine, feminine, inanimate