Hebrew

Hebrew
Language family	Amuj-Shudrowan
Writing system	Hebrew Abjad
Official status
Spoken in	Monke Island, Kozdenen (Unofficial)
Speaker
Endonym	עברית
Technical information
Language code	heb

Hebrew (natively: עברית Ivrit /ʔivʁit/) is an Amuj-Shudrowan language that is spoken in Monke Island, Kozdenen. It was official in Monke Island during the time when it was an organised territory in the Kingdom of Kyaw Cen, and has since been declining in use. Additionally, it was formerly spoken in the Uzafnic Federation, in the CMCic Federation, and in the Amujan nations of North Amuj, South Amuj, and Igeþa.

Dialects

Monke Hebrew

Monke Hebrew (natively: עברית מונקאית Ivrit Monke'it [ʔivʀit mɔŋkɛʔit]) is the dialect of Hebrew spoken in Monke Island. It was first introduced to the island by Former-CMCic explorers that arrived circa mid-January 2025. The phonology and vocabulary of this dialect contains traces of contact with nearby cultures, most notably the Kyawcennis living in Vanstèrel and in the rest of the KKC more generally, as noted by the relative abundance of Kyawcenni loanwords in Monke Hebrew and by the presence of the phoneme /y/ (spelled either as ⟨יֿ⟩ or as ⟨Cֻ⟩ in Monke Hebrew), which was also loaned from Kyawcenni.

Phonology

Consonants

Monke Hebrew has 25 consonant phonemes, most notable of which are the loaned phoneme /ŋ/, spelled ⟨נֿ⟩, which appears in loanwords like פאנֿבנר (pańbener) /paŋbɛnɛʀ/, meaning "Gaming", and the semi-loaned phoneme /ɬ/, which normally appears in the neuter plural suffix. Aside from that, in place of MSH /ʁ h/, Monke Hebrew has the phoneme /ʀ ɦ/.

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive	p b ⟨פ ב⟩	t d ⟨ט/ת ד⟩		k g ⟨כ/ק ג⟩	ʔ ⟨א/ע⟩
Affricate		t͡s d͡z ⟨צ צֿ⟩
Fricative	f v ⟨פֿ ו⟩	s z ⟨ס ז⟩	ʃ ʒ ⟨ש שֿ⟩	χ ⟨ח⟩	ɦ ⟨ה⟩
Nasal	m ⟨מ⟩	n ⟨נ⟩		ŋ ⟨נֿ⟩
Liquid	w ⟨וּ⟩	ɬ l ⟨לֿ ל⟩	j ⟨י⟩	ʀ ⟨ר⟩

Vowels

Monke Hebrew has 9 vowel phonemes, most notable of which are the loaned phoneme /y/, spelled ⟨Cֻ⟩ or ⟨יֿ⟩ appearing in Kyawcenni loanwords like ציֿטו (cíto) [t͡sytɔ], meaning Quing, the loaned phoneme /ɯ/, spelled ⟨וּֿ⟩, used to transcribe Syzkyn words like the native name for Myžariky, which in Monke Hebrew is מוֿשֿריקוֿ (Múžarikú) [mɯʒaʀikɯ], and the loaned phoneme /œ/, spelled ⟨וֿ⟩, used to transcribe Kozramva's [ø̞] sound, like in Monke Hebrew קוֿשֿיטינה (Qóžitina) /kœʒitina/. Aside from that, in place of MSH /e o/, Monke Hebrew has the phonemes /ɛ ɔ/, and it also pronounces the Niqqud symbols Šva and Qubuc as /ə/ and /y/ respectively, as opposed to MSH /∅/ and /u/.

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y ⟨Cִ/י Cֻ/יֿ⟩		ɯ u ⟨וּֿ וּ⟩
Mid		ə ⟨Cְ⟩
Low	ɛ œ ⟨Cֶ וֿ⟩		a ɔ ⟨Cַ/א/ה Cֹ/ו⟩

Romanisation

Monke Hebrew romanisation has a few differences from that of Modern Standard Hebrew, which are listed in the table below.

Letter		MSH romanisation (Common Israeli)	Monke Hebrew romanisation
וּֿ		[N/A]	ú
וֿ		[N/A]	ó
ח		ch, kh, h	ħ
יֿ		[N/A]	í
כ		c, k	k
לֿ		[N/A]	ĺ
נֿ		[N/A]	ń
צ		ts, tz	c
צֿ		[N/A]	ć
ק		c, k	q
ש		sh	š
ז׳	שֿ	zh	ž
Cֻ		u /u/	í /y/
Cְ		∅	á /ə/