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[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Artlangs]]
[[Category:A_priori]]
[[Category:Alien_languages]]
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name          = Czecklish
|name          = Czecklish
|nativename    = Czěcklíš
|nativename    = Czěcklíš
|pronunciation = [ʈʂeːˈkɫiːɕ]
|pronunciation = ʈʂeːˈkɫiːɕ
|regions       = Czeckland, Sudenland
|creator       = User:Mcmisher
|setting      = Parallel Earth, Czeckland, Sudenland
|speakers      = 52,724
|date          = 2019 census
|familycolor  = Isolate
|states        = Saxony
|states        = Saxony
|speakers      = 52,724
|fam1          = Czecklish Language Family
|date          =
|fam1          =  
|nations      = Germany, Czechia
|nations      = Germany, Czechia
|agency        = Czecklish Revitalization Project
|agency        = Czecklish Revitalization Project
|iso1          = ck
|script1      = Latn
|iso2          = czk
|iso3          = czk
|script        =  
}}
}}
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{{ClassMeter
The Czecklish language, or Czěcklíš  is a language isolate of extraterrestrial origin. The humans who came into contact with these aliens adopted their language for their use, and it has since diverged and become its own language family. Czecklish is spoken by some 50,000 people, primarily in Saxony, Germany and Sudenland, Czechia. There is a current language shift towards Czecklish in the Erzebirgisch region of Saxony. All speakers are bilingual in German, and often speak at least 3 other languages fluently - usually Polish,
|Name      = Czecklish
Czech, English, French and Spanish. UNESCO considers Czecklish to be "vulnerable", as it is historically discouraged to speak it in public or at school.
|NativeName = Czěcklíš
|Type      = Fusional, Agglutinative
|Alignment = Tripartite
 
|adjective      = final
|adposition    = final
|adverb        = final
|article        = final
|relativeclause = final
|nounclause = final
|order = VOS
 
|Tonal      = no
|Declined  = yes
|Conjugated = yes
|Genders    = n/a
|NCase  = yes
|NNumber = yes
|NDefiniteness = yes
|NGender = yes
|VVoice  = yes
|VMood  = yes
|VPerson = yes
|VNumber = yes
|VTense  = yes
|VAspect = yes
 
|Phonology=100
|NounCases=0
|NounDef=0
|NounNumbers=0
|NounGender=0
|VerbPerson=0
|VerbNumber=0
|VerbAspect=50
|VerbTense=50
|VerbMood=50
|VerbVoice=50
|AdjComparative=100
|Supine=100
|Gerund=100
|Participle=100
|Infinitive=100
|Modality=50
|Words=0}}


==History==
==History==
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===


====Oral Monophthongs====
====Monophthongs====
=====Oral Monophthongs=====
22 total
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| iː yː
| ɨ
| ɯː uː
|-
! style="" |Near-Close
| ɪ ʏ
|
| ɯ ʊ
|-
! style="" |Close-Mid
| eː øː
|
| ɤː oː
|-
! style="" |Mid
|
| ə
|
|-
! style="" |Open-Mid
| ɛ ɔ
|
|
|-
! style="" |Near-Open
| æː
| ɐ
|
|-
! style="" |Open
|
|
| ɑː ɒː
|-
|}
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=====Nasal Monophthongs=====
5 total
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| ĩː
|
| ũː
|-
! style="" |Mid
| ẽː
|
| õː
|-
! style="" |Open
|
| ɑ̃ː
|
|-
|}
 
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====Diphthongs====
 
=====Oral Diphthongs=====
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |i̯-
! style="width: 90px; " |u̯-
! style="width: 90px; " |-i̯
! style="width: 90px; " | -u̯
! style="width: 90px; " | Open
 
|-
! style="" | i
|
| u̯i
|
| iu̯
|
|-
! style="" | u
| i̯u
|
| ui̯
|
|
|-
! style="" | e
|
| u̯e
| ei̯
| eu̯
| ey̯
|-
! style="" | o
| i̯o
|
| oi̯
|
|
|-
! style="" | ɑ
| i̯ɑ
| u̯ɑ
| ɑi̯
| ɑu̯
|
|-
! style="" | ɒ
| i̯ɒ
| u̯ɒ
| ɒi̯
| ɒu̯
|
|-
! style="" | ɯ
| i̯ɯ
|
| ɯi̯
|
|
|-
! style="" | ɤ
| i̯ɤ
| u̯ɤ
| ɤi̯
| ɤu̯
|
|-
! style="" | y
| i̯y
|
| yi̯
|
| yø̯
|-
! style="" | ø
| i̯ø
| u̯ø
| øi̯
| øu̯
| øy̯
|-
! style="" | æ
| i̯æ
| u̯æ
| æi̯
| æu̯
| æø
|-
|}
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=====Nasal Diphthongs=====
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " | i̯-
! style="width: 90px; " | u̯-
! style="width: 90px; " | -i̯
! style="width: 90px; " | -u̯
|-
! style="" | ĩ
|
| u̯ĩ
|
| ĩu̯
|-
! style="" | ũ
| i̯ũ
|
| ũi̯
|
|-
! style="" | ẽ
|
| u̯ẽ
| ẽi̯
| ẽu̯
|-
! style="" | õ
| i̯õ
|
| õi̯
|
|-
! style="" | ɑ̃
| i̯ɑ̃
| u̯ɑ̃
| ɑ̃i̯
| ɑ̃u̯
|-
|}
 
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====Vowel Distribution====
'''Close Vowels'''
* /iː/ ‹İ i› is only permitted when [V-] and before coronal consonants
** /j/ ‹J j› is a permissible replacement between two single consonants, or when ‹İ i› is singular.
** /iː/ ‹Y y› is only permitted before /g p b x ɣ v/
*** /i/ appears outside its usual positions in some foreign-derived words.
** /ɨː/ ‹Ÿ ÿ› is only permitted when [-V] and where [C] is /k p x f/
*** Before /k/, ‹Ÿ ÿ› is written as ‹İ i›, where ‹İ i› is expected after ‹Qu qu›
*** /ɨː/ ‹Ÿ ÿ› contrasts with /iː/ ‹Y y› before /p x/
* /iː/ ‹İJ ij› is permitted when [V-] and before coronal consonants.
* The vowels /ɨː/ and /iː/ are considered to rhyme in poetry out of tradition, as in the past /ɨ/ was closer to [ɪ], which is acoustically more similar to [i].
<br>


====Nasal Monophthongs====
'''Close-Mid vs. Open-Mid Vowels'''
* Close-Mid and Open-Mid vowels are usually in complementary distinction:
** Open-Syllable é ő ó [eː øː oː]
** Closed-Syllable ė ö o [ɛ œ ɔ]
<br>


====Oral Diphthongs====
However, they do form minimal pairs in certain environments:
* Word-Final
** é [-eː] vs. ė [-ɛ]
** ő [-øː] vs. ö [-œ]
** ó [-oː] vs. o [-ɔ]
* Closed Monosyllables:
** [CøːC] vs. [CœC]
** [CoːC] vs. [CɔC]
<br>


====Nasal Diphthongs====
'''Open Vowels'''
* á /ɑː/ and å /ɒː/
** a /ɑː/ and å /ɒː/ appear in complementary distribution in stressed syllables
**** In unstressed syllables, á /ɑː/ may be reduced to [ə]
** å /ɒː/ appears where it was an Old á /ɑː/
* á /ɑː/ and a /ɐ/
** á /ɑː/ appears in stressed syllables only
** a /ɐ/ is a shortened /ɑː/ in unstressed syllables
* á /ɑː/ and a̋ /æː/
** á /ɑː/ appears in morphemes with all back vowels
** a̋ /æː/ appears as a fronted /ɑː/ in morphemes with all front vowels
* a̋ /æː/ and ä /ɛ/
** a̋ /æː/ appears in stressed syllables only
** ä /ɛ/ is a shortened a̋ /æː/ in unstressed syllables
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'''Schwa'''
* The schwa /ə/ is a very unstable phoneme which tends to merge with other vowels or be elided entirely. The schwa merges with /ø/ in the following environments:
** [əσe] or [əσi]
* In certain environments, it is elided entirely:
** [σ-əC-σ]
* It is sometimes pronounced in these environments:
** [-ə.C-]
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'''Nasal Vowels'''
* Nasal [Ṽ] appears in stressed syllables only, in contrast with oral vowels.
* Nasal Contrast
** Nasal vowels contrast with oral vowels only before fricatives and velar/glottal consonants.
* Nasal Metaphony
** Nasalization is phonemic only in the vowel marked as nasal
* Nasal Metaphony is progressive (i.e. left to right), meaning that all vowels to the right of the nasal vowel are nasalized.
** This nasalization of surrounding vowels is allophonic and non-phonemic.
<br>


===Vowel Harmony===
===Vowel Harmony===
====Features====
All vowels are either front or back in regards to the [±back] vowel feature. There are two sets of vocal harmony systems: a simple one and a complex one. The simple one is concerned with only the [±front] feature, allowing all front vowels in a word, regardless of rounding. The complex one is concerned with both [±front] and [±rounded] features, allowing only vowels that are front or back; additionally, all front or back vowels must be either rounded or unrounded. In a complex vowel system, both rounded and unrounded vowels cannot appear in a word.
<br>
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="width: 68px; " | '''Unrounded'''
! colspan="4" style="width: 68px; " | '''Rounded'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Front'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Back'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Front'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Back'''
|-
! style="width: 68px; " | '''Long'''
! style="width: 68px; " | '''Short'''
! '''Long'''
! '''Short'''
! style="width: 68px; " | '''Long'''
! style="width: 68px; " | '''Short'''
! '''Long'''
! '''Short'''
|-
| style="width: 68px; " | iː
| style="width: 68px; " | ɪ
| ɯː
| ɯ
| style="width: 68px; " | yː
| style="width: 68px; " | ʏ
| uː
| ʊ
|-
| eː
| ɛ
| ɤː
| ʌ
| øː
| œ
| oː
| ɔ
|-
| æː
| ɛ
| ɑː
| ɐ
| øː
| œ
| ɒː
| ɑː
|-
|}
<br>


====Nasal Vowels====
Nasal Vowels adhere only to the simple vowel harmony system, with only the [±front] feature being considered, regardless of rounding. Nasal Vowels may accompany Oral Vowels in vowel harmony.
<br>
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="width: 68px; " | '''Unrounded'''
! colspan="4" style="width: 68px; " | '''Rounded'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Front'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Back'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Front'''
! colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | '''Back'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ĩː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ɯː / uː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | iː / yː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ũː
|-
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ẽː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ɤː / oː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | eː / øː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | õː
|-
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | eː / øː
| colspan="2" style="width: 68px; " | ɑ̃ː
|-
|}
<br>
====Diphthongs====
Diphthongs are for the most part not affected by vowel harmony, except for aspectual ablaut.
<br>
====Exceptions====
Compound words and morphemes are considered separate words with respect to vowel harmony: vowels do not have to harmonize between members of the compound. Vowel harmony does not apply for loanwords and some invariant suffixes. There are also a few native words that don’t follow the rule. In such words, suffixes harmonize with the final vowel. Disharmony tends to disappear through analogy, especially within loanwords. Suffixes drop disharmony to a lesser extent.
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===Consonants===
===Consonants===


====Consonant Inventory====
====Consonant Inventory====
'''Pulmonic'''
* 78 total
* All Pulmonic Consonants have an independent geminate form.
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 68px; "|
! style="width: 68px; " |Labial
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Post-alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Retroflex
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
|-
! style="" |Nasal
| m̊ m
|
| n̊ n
|
| ɳ̊ ɳ
| ɲ̊ ɲ
| ŋ̊ ŋ
|
|-
! style="" |Plosive
| p b<br>pʰ bʱ
|
| t d<br>tʰ dʱ
|
| ʈ ɖ<br>ʈʰ ɖʱ
| c ɟ<br>cʰ ɟʱ
| k g<br>kʰ gʱ
|
|-
! style="" |Affricate
| p͡f
|
| t͡s d͡z<br>t͡sʰ d̥͡zʱ
| t͡ʃ d͡ʒ<br>t͡ʃʰ d̥͡ʒʱ
| ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ<br>ʈ͡ʂʰ ɖ̥͡ʐʱ
| t͡ɕ d͡ʑ<br>t͡ɕʰ d̥͡ʑʱ
| k͡x
|
|-
! style="" |Fricative
| f v
| θ ð
| s z
| ʃ ʒ
| ʂ ʐ
| ɕ ʑ
| x ɣ
| h
|-
! style="" |Approximant
|
|
|
|
|
| ç j
| ʍ w
|
|-
! style="" |Trill
|
|
| r̊ r
|
| ɽ̊ ɽ
| r̝̊ r̝
|
|
|-
! style="" |L. Approx.
|
|
| ɬ l
|
| ɭ̝̊ ɭ
| ʎ̝̊ ʎ
|
|
|-
|}
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'''Nota Bene:'''
<br>
For the rest of this document, affricates will be presented without the double inverted breve. This is to make reading IPA easier. If it is necessary to specify that a consonant cluster is not an affricate, a hyphen will be used.
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'''Marginal Consonant Phonemes'''<br>
These phonemes are recorded in only a handful of roots or bound morphemes:
* /gʱ/ and /ɣ/
* /ɸ/ and /θ/
* /pʰ/ and /ʍ/
<br />
'''Aspiration'''<br>
Czěcklíš has a distinction between non-aspirated and aspirated plosives and affricates (obstruents). Both voiceless and voiced obstruents can be aspirated. Non-aspirated obstruents are realized as unreleased obstruents [C̚], with little to no puff of air after release.
Aspirated voiceless obstruents are accompanied by a strong burst of air after release. Aspirated voiced obstruents are partially devoiced. Aspirate obstruents only appear before long oral or nasal vowels. Aspirate obstruents contrast with non-aspirate obstruents before /ɑː ɒː ɨː/ and /ɑ̃ː/.
Vowels are often murmured after an aspirated voiced obstruents. With aspirate voiced obstruents, this may be the only indicator that the obstruent was aspirated. This murmuring is not present with voiceless aspirate obstruents.
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'''Schwa Epenthesis, Sonorant Devoicing'''<br>
When [CʰC], where [Cʰ] is an aspirate obstruent and plain [C] is a sonorant, then a very weak schwa is inserted between the two consonants:
[CʰCV] → [CʰəCV]
Alternatively, the aspirate consonant becomes de-aspirated, and the aspiration is ‘carried over’ to the sonorant, which is then devoiced. The vowel gains a breathy quality.
[CC̥V̤]
Non-aspirate obstruents may insert a schwa here as well, but this varies by speaker
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'''Palatal Offglide'''<br>
Palatalization of labial, velar and alveolar consonants when /Ce/ has largely disappeared, with only ‹ě› /eː/ to mark its historical and orthographic effects on alveolars. In many dialects a palatal offglide /j/ persists when /i/ and /æ/ appear after labials, velars and retroflex consonants. This offglide is not phonemic, and most L1 speakers have difficulty noticing it, even if it’s been brought to their attention.
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'''Nasal Vowels'''<br>
Nasal front vowels do not cause palatalization of alveolars.
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====Allophones====
====Allophones====
'''Archiphonemes'''<br>
* /J/ is a variable underlying palatal phoneme [j], with various realizations in certain syllabic environments.
** When [C-] or [Cj(C)], then /J/ is realized as [j]
** When [-C-], then /J/ is realized as [x]
** When [CV], where [V] is /i e æ/, then /J/ is realized as [ɟ]
* /H/ is a variable underlying palatal phoneme [h], with various realizations in certain syllabic environments.
** When [C-], then /H/ is realized as [h]
** When [-C-], then /H/ is realized as [x]
** When [CV], where [V] is /i e æ/, then /H/ is realized as [ç]
* /X/ is a variable underlying palatal phoneme [x], with various realizations in certain syllabic environments.
** When [C-], then /X/ is realized as [x]
** When [-C-], then /X/ is realized as [h]
** When [CV], where [V] is /i e æ/, then /X/ is realized as [ç]
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'''Velar Allophones'''<br>
* /K/ is a variable underlying velar phoneme [k], with various realizations in certain syllabic environments.
* When [C(C)-], then /K/ is realized as [k]
** /kː/ is often realized as [q]
* When [-kC], where [C] is a sonorant or /v/, then [kˠ]~[q]
* When [CV], where [V] is /i e æ/, then /K/ is realized as [ɕː]
* /G/ is a variable underlying velar phoneme [g], with various realizations in certain syllablic environments.
* When [-C-], then /G/ is elided
* When [CU/O/A], then /G/ is realized as [w] or [g]
* Word-initial [ɣ-]
* When [CI], then /G/ is realized as [j] or [ɟ]
* Word-initial [ʑ-]
'''/J/ vs /I/'''<br>
/j/ and /i/ form minimal pairs in diphthongs. e.g. /ai̯/ vs. /aj/, or /jo/ vs. /i̯o/. Additionally, /j/ can function by itself as a syllable in place of /i/.
<br>
'''Labial Allophones'''<br>
* When [CC-], /ɸ/ and /β/ are realized as [f] and [v]
* When [Cv], where [C] is a non-labial voiceless obstruent, then [v] is realized as [f]
* When [Cʰv], /v/ is realized as [f]
* When /hv/, /h/ assimilates to /v/ and the impossible consonant cluster is reduced to a more manageable [ɸ] or [β]
<br>
'''[ʍ] Allophones'''<br>
[ʍ] is a very unstable consonant, and tends to morph into a labial fricative.
* when [#ʍ-], /ʍ/ > [ʍ]
* when [ʍI], then /ʍ/ > /ɸ/ or /β/, depending on the voicing of the obstruent
<br>
'''Voiceless Sonorants'''<br>
* Voiced Sonorants become devoiced before voiceless aspirate obstruents.
** e.g. khraz /kʰrɑ/ is realized phonemically as [kʰər̥ɑ] or [kr̥ɑ]
<br>


====Assimilation====
====Assimilation====
'''Sonorant Assimilation'''<br>
Sonorants assimilate to the place of articulation of the following consonant.
* [r l m] before labial obstruents
* [r l n] before dental, alveolar and postalveolar obstruents
* [ɽ ɭ ɳ] before retroflex obstruents
* [r̝ ʎ ɲ] before palatal obstruents
* [r l ŋ] before velar obstruents
<br>
'''Retroflex Assimilation'''<br>
Assimilation of Retroflex Obstruents occurs when in [C₁C₂] clusters; where [C₁] is a non-retroflex coronal obstruent and [C₂] is a retroflex consonant.
* If [C₁C₂], then a Geminate Retroflex is formed from left-to-right assimilation.
** [C₁] assimilates to [C₂]'s place of articulation.
** If /t d/ and /ʈ ɖ/, then /tʈ dɖ/ becomes /ʈː ɖː/
* If [C₂C₁], then a Geminate Retroflex is formed from right-to-left assimilation.
** [C₂] assimilates to [C₁]'s place of articulation.
** If /ʈ ɖ/ and /c ɟ/, then /ʈc ɖɟ/ becomes /ʈː ɖː/
<br>
'''Sibilant Assimilation'''<br>
Assimilation of Sibilants occurs when in [C₁C₂] clusters; where [C₁] is alveolar and [C₂] is a palatal.
* If [C₁C₂], then a Geminate Sibilant is formed from left-to-right assimilation.
** [C₁] assimilates to [C₂]'s place of articulation.
** If /s z/ and /ʃ ʒ/, then /sʃ zʒ/ becomes /ʃː ʒː/
* If [C₂C₁], then a Geminate Sibilant is formed from right-to-left assimilation. 
** [C₂] assimilates to [C₁]'s place of articulation.
** If /ʃ ʒ/ and /s z/, then /ʃs ʒz/ becomes /ʃː ʒː/
* If one of the two adjacent Sibilants is an Affricate, the Affricate changes its place of articulation.
* Affricate-Fricative [CC] clusters are pronounced the same as geminate affricate.
* Assimilation can be omitted in articulated speech, e.g. to avoid homophony.
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'''Palatal Assimilation'''<br>
An Alveolar and an adjacent Palatal results in a Palatal Geminate.
* Full palatal assimilation occurs when the final [-C] is [j]
* Partial assimilation takes place if an Alveolar Plosive is followed by a Palatal
* Alveolar Plosives assimilate to their Palatal counterpart before [ɲ]
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====Consonant Mutation====
====Consonant Mutation====
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===Stress===
===Stress===


==Orthography==
==Orthography & Numerals==
===Alphabets===
===Alphabets===


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===Multigraphs===
===Multigraphs===
====Palatal Multigraphs====
====Aspirate Multigraphs====
====Initial Mutation Multigraphs====


===Diacritics===
===Diacritics===
===Numerals===
====Cardinals====
====Ordinals====


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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===Syntax===
===Syntax===
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