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	'''Ajami''', /ˈæd͡ʒəmɪ/, is a Jivan language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to [[Kiwi]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the [[w:Indo-Iranian languages\|Indo-Iranian]] and [[w:Semitic languages\|Semitic]] languages.		'''Ajami''', /ˈæd͡ʒəmɪ/ or '''Zia''' /ˈzɪə/, is a Jivan language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to [[Kiwi]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the [[w:Indo-Iranian languages\|Indo-Iranian]] and [[w:Semitic languages\|Semitic]] languages.

	The language is a [[~~w:language isolate\|language isolate~~]], and ~~is thus not known to be related to any extant language~~. Ajami has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of [[w:allophony\|allophony]]. It is a [[w:fusional\|fusional]] language and is morphosyntactically [[w:active-stative\|active-stative]] and with a fluid subject. The [[w:morphology\|morphology]] is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections.		The language is a Ja language, belonging to a certain branch of the Jivan languages, making it less related to [[Ris]] and [[Kiwi]] than '''Niki'''. Ajami has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of [[w:allophony\|allophony]]. It is a [[w:fusional\|fusional]] language and is morphosyntactically [[w:active-stative\|active-stative]] and with a fluid subject. The [[w:morphology\|morphology]] is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections.

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'''Ajami''', /ˈæd͡ʒəmɪ/, is a Jivan language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to [[Kiwi]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the [[w:Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] and [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic]] languages.

The language is a [[w:language isolate|language isolate]], and is thus not known to be related to any extant language. Ajami has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of [[w:allophony|allophony]]. It is a [[w:fusional|fusional]] language and is morphosyntactically [[w:active-stative|active-stative]] and with a fluid subject. The [[w:morphology|morphology]] is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections.

==Phonology==

===Consonants===
This is the Ajami inventory of consonants.

Gemination is phonemic. The letter /h/ represents [[w:Aspirated consonants|aspiration]] when following consonants. Aspirated voiced consonants are also pharyngealised.

{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 700px;"
|+'''Phonology and Orthography'''
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|
! colspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
! colspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Dental consonant|Dental]]
! rowspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|- align="center"
! style="background: ;"| aspirated
! style="background: ;" | unaspirated
! style="background: ;"| aspirated
! style="background: ;"| unaspirated
! style="background: ;"|aspirated
! style="background: ;"| unaspirated
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Nasal consonants|Nasal]]
| colspan="2"|m /m/
| colspan="2"|'''n''' /n̪/
|[ɲ]
| colspan="2"|[ŋ]
|
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Plosive consonants|Plosives]]
! style="background: ;"|voiced
|'''bh''' /bˤʱ/
|'''b''' /b/
|'''dh''' /d̪ˤʱ/
|'''d''' /d̪/
|[ɟ]
|'''gh''' /gˤʱ/
|'''g''' /g/
|
|- align="center"
! style="background: ;"|voiceless
|
|
|'''th''' /t̪ʰ/
|'''t''' /t̪/
|[c]
|'''kh''' /kʰ/
|'''k''' /k/
|'''ʻ''' /ʔ/
|- align="center"
! style="background: ;"|[[w:Affricate consonants|Affricates]]
! style="background: ;"| voiced
| colspan="2"|
| colspan="1" "|'''jh''' /d͡ʒˤʱ/
| colspan="1"|'''j''' /d͡ʒ/
| colspan="3" |
|
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Fricative consonant|Fricatives]]
! style="background: ;"|voiced
| colspan="2"|[β]
| colspan="2"|
|
| colspan="2"|
|
|- align="center"
! style="background: ;"|voiceless
| colspan="2"|
| colspan="2"|'''s''' /s̪/
|'''sh''' /ʃ/
|
| colspan="2" rowspan="1"|'''h''' /x ~ h/

|- align="center"
! colspan="2" style="background: ;"|[[w:Trill consonant|Trills]]
| colspan="2"|
| colspan="2"|'''r''' /r/
|
| colspan="2"|
|
|- align="center"
! colspan="2"| [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| colspan="2"|'''w''' /w/
| colspan="2"|
|'''y''' /j/
| colspan="2"|
|
|- align="center"
! colspan="2"| [[w:Lateral approximant consonant|Lat. Approximant]]
| colspan="2"|
| colspan="2"|'''l''' /ɫ/
|
|colspan="2"|
|
|}