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| == Phonology/Orthography ==
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| |+ Consonants
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| ! Labial
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| ! Dental
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| ! Alveolar
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| ! Palatal
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| ! Velar
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| ! Glottal
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| ! Nasal
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| | '''Mm''' /m/ || '''Nn''' /n/ || || || * /ŋ/ ||
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| ! Voiced Stop
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| | '''Bb''' /b/ || '''Dd''' /d/ || || || '''Gg''' /g/ ||
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| ! Voiceless Stop
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| | '''Pp''' /p/ || '''Tt''' /t/ || || || '''Kk''' /k/ || '''Aa''' /ʔ/
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| ! Voiced Fricative
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| | '''Vv''' /v/ || '''Zz''' /z/ || '''Jj''' /ʒ/ || || '''Qq''' /ɣ/ ||
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| ! Voiceless Fricative
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| | '''Ff''' /f/ || '''Ss''' /s/ || '''Cc''' /ʃ/ || || '''Xx''' /x/ || '''Hh''' /h/
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| ! Approximant
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| | || '''Ll''' /l/ || rowspan="2" | '''Rr''' /ɹ~r~ʀ/ || '''Yy''' /j/ || '''Ww''' /w/ ||
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| ! Trill
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| | '''ẞß''' /ʙ/ || || || ||
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| |+ Vowels
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| ! Front || Mid || Back
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| ! High
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| | '''Ȧȧ''' /i~ɪ / || || '''Ăă''' /ʊ~u/
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| ! Mid
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| | '''Áá''' /ɛ~e/ || '''Ää''' /ə/ || '''Åå''' /ɔ~o/
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| ! Low
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| | || '''Àà''' /a/ ||
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| |}
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| === Phonotactics ===
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| Initial
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| * Single phonemes except /ŋ/
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| Final
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| == Morphology ==
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| As in Semitic language, words are based on tri-consonantal roots. That is vowels, are inserted within groups of three letters to form nouns, verbs, and adverbs. Four letters are called "weak", and they turn into vowels in predictable ways. '''Y''' also equals /i/, '''W''' also equals /u/, '''A''' also equals /a/, and '''H''' also equals /e/.
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| |+ Common Shapes on JST
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| ! Form || Long || Name || Meaning
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| | J̀S̀T̈T̆ || jasattu || 1cs-Perf. || I justified
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| | J̀S̀T̈Ǹ || jasatna || 1cp-Perf. || We justified
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| | J̀S̀T̈T̀ || jasatta || 2ms-Perf || You (m) justified
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| | J̀S̀
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| | J̀S̀T̈Ṫ || jasatti || 2fs-Perf. || You (f) justified
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| | J̀S̀T̀ || jasata || 3ms-Perf. || He justified
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| | J̀S̀T̆ || jasatu || 3fs-Perf. || She justificed
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| |}
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