Q-zombie

History

Q-zombie is an obscure dialect of the Zombie language. The only known native speaker of this dialect is one Pink Unicorns. Entering Quartly Library one day in January 2007, this zombie began to speak to the librarians and their guests, however for some time no one understood a word he said, having never been exposed to this zombie dialect before.

After much bewilderment and long hours of concentration and agony, the structure of Q-zombie was finally worked out. Now the dialect has several more speakers, as some of Quartly's survivors have begun to pick it up.

Features of the Dialect

Consonants

 Q-zombie      English
 
 b               b p
 b.              t d
 g               g
 gh              k ch
 h               h
 h!              y
 h.              f v w
 m               m
 n               n
 r               r l
 z               z s
 zh              sh th

Vowels

 Q-zombie      English
 
 a               a
 ah              o u
 a.              e
 !               i
 !!              ee

Diphthongs

 Q-zombie      English
 
 a.!             ei

Lexicon

 Q-zombie      English
 
 Mah             I, me, my

"hra"

 These sequences:
 
 .hra.  !hra.  .hra!  !hra! 
 
 must be converted to:
 
 .a.    !a.    .a!    !a!
 
 before they can be translated.

Variation

There is another variety of Q-zombie which Pink Unicorns has sometimes been heard to speak. It is very similar to the variety outlined above, except that h replaces all instances of .

In this variety there is no need to worry about "hra," however it does lead to a very confusing number of h's.

Hints for Understanding Q-zombie

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Examples

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