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Kamiya

Full Alphabet

Vowel Marks

These vowel marks are used to indicate vowels within words. Note that /e/ has no mark and is the only vowel omited when it occurs within a word.

• shehet kaba

/ʃɛˌɦet kabˌa/

MED-tree be.large-3s

That tree is large..

The top example is incorrect, and notice in the bottom example, the /a/ marked on the /k/ is the only mark used. The final /a/ on kaba ends the word, and therefore is written in full form.

Ligatures

Semitic abjads

Name	Transliteration	IPA	Syriac	Hebrew	Arabic
alha	a	a / ʔ	ܐ‬	א‬	ا‬
ba	b	b	ܒ‬	ב‬	ب‬
gamla	g	ɡ / ɣ	ܓ‬	ג‬‬	ج گ‬‬
dal	d	d / ð	ܕ‬	ד‬‬	د ذ‬‬
ha	h	h / ɦ	ܗ‬	ה‬‬	ه‬‬
wa	w, u, o	w / u: / o:	ܘ‬	ו‬‬	و‬‬
zayin	z	z	ܙ‬	ז‬‬‬	ز‬‬‬
khet	kh	ɦ / χ	ܚ	ח‬‬‬	ح خ‬‬
tet	t	t	ܛ‬	ט‬	ط ظ‬‬
yad	y, i	j / i: / e:	ܝ‬	י‬‬	ي‬
kapu	k	k / x	ܟ‬	כ ך‬‬‬	ك‬‬‬
lam	l	l	ܠ	ל‬‬‬	ل‬‬‬
mem	m	m	ܡ‬	מ ם‬‬	م‬‬
nun	n	n	ܢ‬	נ ן‬‬	ن‬‬
samka	s	s	ܣ‬	ס‬‬‬	س‬‬‬
eyin	e	e / ʔ	ܥ‬	ע‬‬	ع غ‬‬‬
pe	p	p / f	ܦ‬	פ ף‬‬	ف‬ پ‬‬
tsad	ts	ts	ܨ‬	צ ץ‬‬	ص ض‬‬
qupa	q	ʔ / q	ܩ‬	ק‬‬‬	ق‬‬‬
ra	r	ɾ / r	ܪ‬	ר‬‬‬	ر‬‬‬
shin	sh	ʃ	ܫ‬	ש‬‬	ش‬‬
ta	t	t	ܬ‬	ת‬‬	ت ث‬‬

Examples

Arabic	Hebrew	Syriac	Kamiya
امنتي	אמנתי	ܐܡܢܬܝ

• amanti

/amaːnti/

love-1s-2s

I love you.

• aryemeshilan?

/aɾʲemɛʃɪlan/

see-INT-PST-3s-1s

Did she see me?

• ibti korwa nai daqeshan.

/ɪbtiː koɾwa na͜ɪ daːʔɛʃan/

DAT-2s heart-ACC 1s.GEN give-PST-1s

I gave you my heart.

• gidu naburhala me gunu webintakla

/giːˌdu naburˌɦala mɛː guːˌnu webɪntˌaːkla/

meal-ACC wine-COM-NEG COMP day-ACC shine.sun-COM-NEG

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.