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*g/V_V>k; g/V_∅>ɰ>x | *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 | ||
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*lʷ>ɭ | *lʷ>ɭ | ||
*ls>lɬ>ɬ | *ls>lɬ>ɬ | ||
*li>lj>j | *li/V_>lj>j | ||
*t/V_V>ɾ<br>ɾ/_V[back]>ɽ; ɾ/_V[front]>ʔ | *t/V_V>ɾ<br>ɾ/_V[back]>ɽ; ɾ/_V[front]>ʔ | ||
*t/_V[rounded]>ʈ | *t/_V[rounded]>ʈ | ||
*ti>tʲi>ci | *ti>tʲi>ci | ||
*ki>ci | *ki>ci | ||
*ci/[unstressed]> | *ci/[unstressed]>çi>ɕi<br>ɕi/V_∅>ɕ; ɕi/V_C>ʝ>j; ɕi/V_V>ʑ | ||
*ɛ>a | |||
*e>ɛ; ɛ/C[labio-dental]_>a | *e>ɛ; ɛ/C[labio-dental]_>a | ||
*ʌ>ɔ | *ʌ>ɔ | ||
*i>ɨ | *i>ɨ | ||
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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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