Mozarabic / andalusí: Grammar, reading/writing practice

[do_shahbaz]

Would anyone interested in a thread on Aljamiado (the script) or Old Andalusian (the language)? I have posted on Mozarabic in another forum; however, I have decided to post here as well, just for the sake of reaching out to as wide an audience as possible. This thread shall serve as a place to note down features of the language as well as do transcriptions of texts written in Aljamiado (both in indeterminate proportion).

The orthography. along with the letters of the Spanish-based transliteration used in this thread. Some of the values given are speculative. Beale-Rivaya asserts that a) /s/ and /ʃ/ are allophonic, especially from the 13th century onwards, b) ز is realised as /dʒ/, adn c) ز and ذ are homophonic, even in Mozarabic. These assertions, however speculative they be, are reflected in the table for the time being -- until proof that assert to the contrary present themselves.

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ا   a, é
ب   b, p
ت   t
ث**   t ~ s
ج   j /(d)ʒ/, ch /tʃ/
ح   h
خ   h
د   d
ذ**   z
ر   r
ز   z or j* /(d)ʒ/
س   c _(e,i), elsewhere ç /s/
ش   s /s̪ ~ ʃ/
ص   s (or /ts/?)
ض   d
ط   t
ظ   d
ع   h /ø/
غ   g
ف   f
ق   c (sporadically g)
ك   c
ل   l
م   m
ہ   h /ø/
و   o, u, gu
ي   i, y