Alxamía

Write modern Spanish and Galician in Arabic letters, with a spelling built on what the Moriscos wrote from the 15th to 17th centuries.

Part II. The journal system

Lesson 13. Spanish

Everything so far applies. These are the remaining Spanish details.

x

Write x by sound [course rule]:

ü

The u in güe, güi is a glide, like the u in bueno: pingüino · بِّنْغُوِنُ, vergüenza · بَارْغُوَانْثَ.

Seseo

If you say /s/ for c and z, write س: cerveza · سَارْبَاسَ, corazón · كُرَسُنْ. [course rule]

Function words

The short words you'll write most:

Word Alxamía
y إِ
el أَالْ
la لَ
de دَا
que كَا
en أَانْ
no نُ
me مَا
un أُنْ

Note y: as a word it's the vowel i, so it sits on a seat.

Names and foreign words

Write them by sound. Latin letters inside an Arabic line break the line direction and give it away.

Exercises 13

  1. jardín
  2. corazón
  3. corazón with seseo
  4. examen
  5. hielo
  6. trabaja
  7. yo
  8. que
Answers
  1. jardín · خَرْدِنْ
  2. corazón · كُرَثُنْ
  3. corazón · كُرَسُنْ
  4. examen · أَاكْسَمَانْ
  5. hielo · إِيَالُ
  6. trabaja · تْرَبَخَ
  7. yo · يُ
  8. que · كَا