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'''Hara''' (/hɑɹə/, native: ''fòhàřàà'' /ɸòhàɽàː/) is a South Semitic language.
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==Introduction==

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==Phonology==
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===Orthography===
===Consonants===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Consonant phonemes
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|
! rowspan="2"| Labial
! rowspan="2"| Coronal
! rowspan
! rowspan="2"| Palatal
! colspan="2"| Velar
! rowspan="2"| Glottal
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! plain
! labialized
|-
! rowspan = "2" | Nasal
! plain
| m
| n
| ɲ
| ŋ
| ŋʷ
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! glottalized
| mˀ
| nˀ
| ɲˀ
| ŋˀ
| ŋʷˀ
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|-
|-
! rowspan="5" | Stop
! tenuis
| p
| t
| tʃ
| k
| kʷ
| ʔ
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! aspirated
| pʰ
| tʰ
| tʃʰ
| kʰ
| kʷʰ
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! voiced
| b
| d
| dʒ
| ɡ
| ɡʷ
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|-
! implosive
| ɓ
| ɗ
| ʄ
| ɠ
| ɠʷ
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|-
! prenasalized
| ᵐb
| ⁿd
| ⁿdʒ
| ᵑɡ
| ᵑɡʷ
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|-
! rowspan="3" | Fricative
! voiceless
| f
| s
| ʃ
| 
| 
| h
|-
!voiced
| v
| z
| 
| 
| 
|
|-
! prenasalized
| ᶬv
| ⁿz
| 
| 
| 
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|-
! colspan = "2" | Approximant
| 
| l
| j
| ɰ
| w
| 
|-
! colspan = "2" | Tap/Trill
| 
| ɾ
| 
| 
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| 
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Consonant phonemes
! colspan="2"|
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Retroflex/ <br /> Postalveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Labiovelar
! Glottal
|-
! colspan = "2" | Nasal
| m
| colspan="3"| n ~ ɳ²
| ɲ
| ŋ
| ŋʷ
|
|-
! rowspan="3" | Stop
! tenuis
| p
| colspan="2"| t
| ʈ
| c ~ tʃ
| k
| kʷ
| ʔ
|-
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! prenasalized¹
| ᵐb
| colspan="2"| ⁿd
| ⁿdʒ
| ᵑɡ
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|-
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! voiced¹
| b
| colspan="2"| d
| ɖ
| ɟ ~ dʒ
| ɡ
| ɡʷ
| 
|-
! implosive
| ɓ
| colspan="3"| ɗ
| ʄ
| ɠ
| ɠʷ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! voiceless
| ɸ
| (θ)
| s
| ʃ
| 
| (x)
| 
| h
|-
! voiced
| rowspan="2"| β
| (ð)
| (z)
| 
|
| (ɣ)
| 
| 
|-
! colspan = "2" | Approximant
| colspan="2"| l
| rowspan="2"| ɽ ~ ɻ
| j
| ɰ
| w
| 
|-
! colspan = "2" | Tap
| 
| colspan="2"| ɾ
| 
| 
|
|
|-
|}

'''Notes:'''

¹ In native words, tenuis and voiced stops are in complementary distribution, with voiced stops occuring after nasals (which are always homorganic) and tenuis stops occuring otherwise.<!-- Likewise, /β, ɾ, ɰ/ were originally intervocalic allophones of /p, t, k/, and they still behave as such in native words.--> However, the distinction has been phonemized due to the introduction of loanwords.

² /n/ is pronounced [ɳ] before retroflex stops.

³ Phonemes in brackets exclusively occur in loanwords.

===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Vowel phonemes'''
|-
! &nbsp;
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| i, iː
| 
| u, uː
|-
! Mid
| e, eː
| 
| o, oː
|-
! Low
|
| a, aː
|
|}
Diphthongs do not exist in native words.

Nasals can be syllabic.

A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.
===Tones===
A mora can have either a high tone or low tone. High tone is considered the default/unmarked form.

Tones are usually not indicated in writing. In this article, a low tone is indicated with a grave accent (à).

===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Intonation====

===Phonotactics===
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===Morphophonology===
====Prenasalization====
When a prefix ending in a nasal is attached to a word, the following mutations occur:
* Tenuis stop > voiced 
*/N/ + /t, ɾ/ > /nd/
*/N/ + /ɽ, l/ > /ɳɖ/
*/N/ + /p, β/ > /mb/
*/N/ + /k, ɰ/ > /ŋɡ/
*/N/ + /j/ > /ɲ/
*/N/ + /tʃ, ʒ/ > /ndʒ/
*/N/ before vowel, /h/, or /ʔ/ > /ŋ/
*/N/ + /w/ > /ŋʷ/
*/N/ + nasal > geminated nasal

====Gemination====
When a geminating prefix is attached to a word, the following consonants mutate:
*/ɸ, β/ > /pː/
*/ɾ, h, ʔ/ > /tː/
*/ɽ, l/ > /ʈː/
*/ɰ/ > /kː/
*/j/ > /cː/
*/w/ > /kʷː/
====Lenition====
In leniting environments, the following mutations occur:
*/p/ > /β/
*/t/ > /ɾ/
*/c/ > /j/
*/k/ > /ɰ/
*/kʷ/ > /w/

====Palatalization====

==Morphology==
===Nouns===
====Declension====
Case in nouns is marked by final vowel:
*''-u'': Nominative
*''-a'': Accusative
*''-i'': Genitive
Case endings are dropped after nouns whose stems end in a long vowel.

A few nouns have long case endings.

With the exception of a few common nouns, plural is marked with the suffix ''-aar-'', inserted between the stem and case ending.
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====Noun derivation====
Various prefixes and suffixes are used to derive nouns.

Derivational prefixes include:
*''fo-'': for languages - e.g. ''fòhàřàà'' "Hara language"
*''sa-'': for peoples - e.g. ''sàhàřàà'' "Hara people"
*''me-'': for lands - e.g. ''mèhàřàà'' "land of the Hara"

===Adjectives===

==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
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