Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages

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The Irenesian languages are a large language family mainly spoken in Angai Asia. The Irenesian urheimat is thought to have been Taiwan.

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Phonology

p p' b t t' d k k' g m n ŋ l r w y s ă a e i o u

s is retracted

No diphthongs; hiatus is permitted

Aim for Semito-Tagalog aesthetic words

Grammar

VSO and head-initial but topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic), resulting in many daughters being SVO and head-initial-ish