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III. Once done, try making sure everything is properly spelt so as to avoid unnecessary reader fatigue. | III. Once done, try making sure everything is properly spelt so as to avoid unnecessary reader fatigue. | ||
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'''Hadda''' (Native: ''ħaɗɗa'') is an a priori language inspired by various African languages. | '''Hadda''' (Native: ''ħaɗɗa'') is an a priori language inspired by various (mostly African) languages. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
'''Note:''' There is no reason to include Greek and Cyrillic alphabets except my love of writing systems. | <!-- | ||
'''Note:''' There is no reason to include Greek and Cyrillic alphabets except my love of writing systems.--> | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Allophones and loanword-exclusive phonemes are enclosed in brackets. | Allophones are enclosed in square brackets and loanword-exclusive phonemes are enclosed in round brackets. | ||
{| class="IPA wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | {| class="IPA wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||
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|(q) | |(q) | ||
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| | |[ʔ] | ||
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!voiced | !voiced | ||
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|(θ) | |(θ) | ||
|s | |s | ||
| | |[ʃ] | ||
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| | |[hʷ] | ||
|(χ) | |(χ) | ||
|ħ | |ħ | ||
| | |[h] | ||
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!voiced | !voiced | ||
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! rowspan = "2"| Approximant/Flap | ! rowspan = "2"| Approximant/Flap | ||
!plain | !plain | ||
| | |[β̞] | ||
| | |[ð̞] | ||
| | |[ɾ] l | ||
|j | |j | ||
| | |[ɣ̞] | ||
|w | |w | ||
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| | |[ɾˀ] | ||
| | |[ʔʲ] | ||
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| | |[ʔʷ] | ||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress is on the final long syllable in a word. A long syllable is one that contains a long vowel or | Stress is on the final long syllable in a word. A long syllable is one that contains a long vowel or a short vowel followed by two consonants. | ||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||
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Syllable structure is (C)V(C). | Syllable structure is (C)V(C). | ||
Vowels cannot occur in hiatus. | Vowels cannot occur in hiatus. A syllable with a long vowel cannot have a coda. | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||