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===Sounds=== | ===Sounds=== | ||
====Vowel form==== | |||
There are five ways of sound altering which may be used for grammatical purposes (mainly number, genitive case and imperfective aspect) | There are five ways of sound altering which may be used for grammatical purposes (mainly number, genitive case and imperfective aspect) | ||
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**Nasalization does not occur with rhoticization. | **Nasalization does not occur with rhoticization. | ||
====Consonant form==== | |||
Combining sounds | Combining sounds | ||
*Lateralization | *Lateralization | ||
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* Voicing and aspiration | * Voicing and aspiration | ||
**''r'' → ''qh'', ''l'' → ''ldh'', ''v'' → ''w'' | **''r'' → ''qh'', ''l'' → ''ldh'', ''v'' → ''w'' | ||
====Apophony==== | |||
*Used to express adjective gender and to create different verb forms. | |||
*Forbidden root vowels & diphthongs: é, ó, i, æ, ø; ei, oi; all long vowels | |||
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**e→é, o→ó, a→æ, u→i | |||
**ai→ei, ou→oi | |||
*Second: | |||
**e→ee, o→ø, a→aa, u→uu | |||
**ai→ii, ou→óo | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== |
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