These are some of the main distinctive features of Bongor Arabic: •
long vowels are replaced by
short stressed vowels. • /x/ tends to be replaced by /k/. • /f/ tends to be replaced by /p/. • /ʕ/ is lost. • no
gender distinction. • no
definite article (
al-/il-). • no personal affixes on verbs. • the
root system typical to
Arabic and other
Semitic languages is no longer productive. ==Vocabulary==