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> we are approaching autumn Festivals:
> Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot
The translation into Gedeh
would be probably something like
_Re'syu-syennim_,
_Jewmu-kperim_,
_Sekkinum_ or _Keggu-sekkinim.
> But what on earth is `Mek group?
> I've heard nothing about it.
It is said that the `Mek Empire
was located somewhere on the southern hemisphere.
(Some authors are arguing that it cannot be true,
because the constellations described in `Mek books
are mostly oriented with their heads northwards
and with their foots southwards,
but it is necessary to realize
that the constellations personate the gods,
who, according to the notion of the Old `Meks,
walk on the heaven with their heads downwards,
like flies on the ceiling.)
The Old Empire was destroyed by the fall of a meteorite
about six thousand years ago.
Only the crews of their merchant ships survived,
but there was plenty of them,
because they were renowned mariners
and sailed on all seas.
Some of them settled among Semitic peoples
(and others among Indo-European peoples).
> How are the vowel restrictions motivated?
> They are rather non-Semitic.
This the is influence of the adstrate.
The `Meks started speak local languages,
but they still thought in their own way
and this resulted in a language
which uses Semitic roots,
but its grammar is influenced by `Mek.
Because the newcomers were on high cultural level,
some of the local people
adopted their peculiar way of speech
for the sake of novelty and prestige.
Later the `Mek returned to rebuild their homeland
and some of their neighbors went with them.
So the people of the `Mek New Empire were bilingual,
using a Semitic and a Indo-European language,
which were mutually influenced.
Maybe there are also
languages of other language families
in the `Mek sprachbund,
but I have no information about them yet.
P.A.