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Co-articulated consonants: k͡p


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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! Near-open
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===Sound changes===
===Sound changes===


lord>god>old spell>spell; old spellang loans into old ljopva>ljopva
lordlang>godlang>old spellang>spellang; old spellang loans into old ljopva>ljopva


*ku>kʷ><br>kʷe>k͡ve>k͡ⱱɛ>k͡ⱱa>ⱱa<br>kʷ/V_∅>w
*ku>kʷ><br>kʷe>k͡ve>k͡ⱱɛ>k͡ⱱa>ⱱa<br>kʷ/V_∅>w
*ka>xa
*gu>gʷ>k͡p
*gu>gʷ>k͡p
*g/V_V>k; g/V_∅>ɰ
*g/V_V>k; g/V_∅>ɰ>x
*b>β>w
*b>β>w
*p/∅_V>p̪; p/V_V>ⱱ
*p/∅_V>pʋ>p̪; p/V_V>pʋ>ⱱ
*pr>ʙ
*pr>ʙ
*m>ɱ
*m>ɱ
*s/V_∅>ç>h>:<br>s/_V[front vowel]>ɕ; s/_V[back vowel]>ʂ
*n/_k>ŋ
*n/_V[rounded]>ɳ
*n/_V[rounded]>ɳ
*n/_V[front]>ɲ
*n/_V[front]>ɲ
*n/_k>ŋ
*ŋkʷ>ŋw>ŋ͡ʋ>ŋ͡ɱ>ɱ
*ŋkʷ>ŋw>ŋ͡ʋ>ŋ͡ɱ>ɱ
*t/V_V>ɾ<br>ɾ/_V[back]>ɽ; ɾ/_V[front]>ʔ
*s/V_∅>ç>h>:<br>s/_V[front vowel]>ɕ; s/_V[back vowel]>ʂ
*t/_V[rounded]>ʈ
*sʷ>sʋ>sf><br>>f<br>sf/i_∅>s͡f (whistle)
*sʷ>sʋ>sf><br>>f<br>sf/i_∅>s͡f (whistle)
*l/_V[rounded]>ɭ
*l/_V[rounded]>ɭ
*lʷ>ɭ
*lʷ>ɭ
*ls>lɬ>ɬ
*ls>lɬ>ɬ
*li>lj>j
*li/V_>lj>j
*ki>ci; ci/[unstressed]>ɕj<br>ɕj/V_∅>ɕ; ɕj/V_C>ʝ>j; ɕj/V_V>ʑ
*t/V_V>ɾ<br>ɾ/_V[back]>ɽ; ɾ/_V[front]>ʔ
*t/_V[rounded]>ʈ
*ti>tʲi>ci
*ti>tʲi>ci
*e>ɛ
*ki>ci
*ci/[unstressed]>çi>ɕi<br>ɕi/V_∅>ɕ; ɕi/V_C>ʝ>j; ɕi/V_V>ʑ
*ɛ>a
*ɛ>a
*e>ɛ; ɛ/C[labio-dental]_>a
*ʌ>ɔ
*ʌ>ɔ
*i>ɨ
*i>ɨ
*ɯ>u
*ɯ>u
*u>o
*u>o


==Phonotactics==
==Phonotactics==
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===Stress===
===Stress===


===Tone===
Only in eastern dialects: e.g. ''ti'' /cí/ vs. ''ki'' /cì/


==Orthography==
==Orthography==


===Native script===
===Native script===
Written from right to left in zigzag rows consisting of hexagons. Logographic symbols, loaned from Spellang, form the nucleus of writing: the symbols are surrounded by a six-place template for morphemic symbols tied with the core to form expressions and clauses.


===Romanization===
===Romanization===
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====Mood====
====Mood====
potentials: physical vs. magical  
potentials: physical vs. magical  
evidentials: visual, sensory, hearsay, foretelling
 
evidentials: visual, sensory, hearsay, foretelling (--> destiny?)
 
relative form: "brown is-(relative), cat-(topic) there sits" (The cat, which is brown, sits there.)
 
contrastive form: "good with-drawing I-am, bad with-sports I-am-(contrastive)" (I'm good at drawing but bad at sports.) vs. "good with-drawing I-am-(contrastive), bad pens I-have" (I'm good at drawing even though I have bad pens.")


===Topic===
===Topic===
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