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K̔uamništ has two dialects, a Southern one (leniting of medial aspirated stops to ''h'', turning some umlauted vowels in Proto-Azalic into long vowels), and a Northern one which has ejectives.
K̔uamništ has two dialects, a Southern one (leniting of medial aspirated stops to ''h'', turning some umlauted vowels in Proto-Azalic into long vowels), and a Northern one which has ejectives.
It's in a sprachbund with [[Kwenya]], a Hellenic language, and [[Anorite]], a Semitic language.
Khuamnisht and Greek are the classical languages of Buddhism in Lõis.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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PAzal *ə -> e
PAzal *ə -> e


xuan, tà, t̔ria, p̔rur, p̔àx, šak, šavt, yaxt, nivn, caxn
xuan, tà, t̔ria, p̔rur, p̔àx, šak, šavt, yaxt, nin, caxen


tàcaš, t̔riacaš, p̔rucaš, p̔àxcaš, šacaš, šavencaš, yaxcaš, nivcaš, k̔en
erkencaš, t̔ricaš, p̔rucaš, p̔àxcaš, šacaš, šavencaš, yaxcaš, nivcaš, k̔en


1000: t̔usk̔en
1000: t̔usk̔en
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| ''lovad'' || ''bentad'' || ''k̔oltad''
| ''lovad'' || ''bentad'' || ''k̔oltad''
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==Syntax==
Inspiration: poetic English, Urdu
Khuamnisht syntax is SOV head-initial like [[Anorite]], but may be OSV or very occasionally SVO. Imperative and optative clauses use VSO syntax.


Khuamnisht is never pro-drop: ''Yet ye sebedžàt̔as!'' "Eat the vegetables!"


[[Category:Azalic languages]]
[[Category:Azalic languages]]
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