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| A Méich Bhaonnáiqh non-human language by [[Verse:Aoife|Aoife Ní Fhlaithbheartaigh]] spoken by uplifted crows
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| == Phonology ==
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| "how close to Tiberian Hebrew can I get with an avian vocal tract anatomy and still sounding bird-like" (Assume similar constraints as C'aar)
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| * No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short, long and overlong
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| * "Rostral" (beak) instead of "labial"? Should I have these sounds at all? conventionally transcribed as if they were labials
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| * Glottal won't make sense
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| * Rostral: /p b pˁ f v ʙ/
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| * Apico-palatal: /t d tˁ θ ð s z tsˁ l r/
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| * Lamino-palatal: /c ɟ cˁ ç j/
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| * Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/
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| * Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)
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