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Each of the eleven primary vowels is associated with a single consonant and vice versa. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' in trisyllabic word-clauses, such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').
Each of the eleven primary vowels is associated with a single consonant and vice versa. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' in trisyllabic word-clauses, such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').


{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable"
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! Consonant !! Vowel !! Syllable
! Consonant<br />(noun form) !! !!  Vowel<br />(verb form) !! !! Syllable<br />(lemma)
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| n || a || na
| n || ↔ ||  a || → || '''na'''
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| l || e || le
| l || ↔ || e || → || '''le'''
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| m || i || mi
| m || ↔ || i || → || '''mi'''
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| j || o || jo
| j || ↔ || o || → || '''jo'''
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| g || u || gu
| g || ↔ || u || → || '''gu'''
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| t || aa || taa
| t || ↔ || aa || → || '''taa'''
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| x || ee || xee
| x || ↔ || ee || → || '''xee'''
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| h || ii || hii
| h || ↔ || ii || → || '''hii'''
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| s || oo || soo
| s || ↔ || oo || → || '''soo'''
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| k || uu || kuu
| k || ↔ || uu || → || '''kuu'''
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| v || ai || vai
| v || ↔ || ai || → || '''vai'''
|}
|}


All trisyllabic lemmas are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because '''j''' and '''i''' are not a pair.
All trisyllabic lemmas are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because '''j''' and '''i''' are not a pair.


Secondary vowels are not associated with any particular consonant and only appear in clitics and naming prefixes. These prefixes are always unstressed.
Secondary vowels are not associated with any particular consonant and only appear in clitics and identifier prefixes. These prefixes are always unstressed.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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