Re: P- and Q-Celtic (was Re: Reasonable sound changes.)

Fascinating. I always liked the Semitic languages,

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:40:38 +0000, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
> Just to add to the fun, other features common to Insular Celtic and the
> Semitic langs are:
> - all nouns are either masculine or fem. (common also to romance langs)
> - adjectives follow the noun (a few excptions in Celtic langs - and
> Romance :)
> - definite article only
> - prepositions are conjugated
> - common way of expressing genitive, thus:
>         Arabic: beet ir raagil   (double vowels indicate long vowel)
>        Welsh:  ty'r  dyn
>               house the man = the man's house
> Perhaps after all the elves are indeed to blame   ;-)
Semitic elves :D