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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Togarmite has 23 consonants, 22 of them inherited from Proto-Semitic. It gained /p/ during the Old Togarmite stage by adapting loans from Greek, Aramaic and Persian, e.g. ''parkes'' 'to act', from Ancient Greek ''praxis''. It also merged Old Togarmite ''ħ'' / | Togarmite has 23 consonants, 22 of them inherited from Proto-Semitic. It gained /p/ during the Old Togarmite stage by adapting loans from Greek, Aramaic and Persian, e.g. ''parkes'' 'to act', from Ancient Greek ''praxis''. It also merged Old Togarmite ''ħ'' /ħ/ and ''h'' /h/ into ''h'' /h/. | ||
*'''m n''' /m n/ | *'''m n''' /m n/ | ||
*'''p t c k ' ''' /p t ts k ʔ/ | *'''p t c k ' ''' /p t ts k ʔ/ |