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| Tone is realized on the stressed syllable. | | Tone is realized on the stressed syllable. |
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| ==Orthography==
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| ===Consonants===
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| |+'''Consonant phonemes'''
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| !colspan="2" | Labial
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| !colspan="2" | Dental
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| !rowspan="2" | Retroflex
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| !colspan="2" | Velar
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| !rowspan="2" | Laryngeal
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| |-
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| |-
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| !colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | מ || מ׳
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| | נ || נ׳
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| | נר
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| | ע׳ || ע
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| !rowspan="3" | Stop
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | ט || ט׳
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| | טר
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| | ק׳ || ק
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| | א (null initial)
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | פ || פ׳
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| | ת || ת׳
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| | תר
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| | כ׳ || כ
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | ב || ב׳
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| | ד || ד׳
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| | דר
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| | ג׳ || ג
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| !rowspan="2" | Affricate
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | צ || צ׳
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| | צר
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | צ֨ || צ֨׳
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| | צ֨ר
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | פֿ ||
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| | ס, שֹ || ס׳
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| | ש
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| | כֿ׳ || כֿ, ח
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| | ה
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | בֿ ||
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| | ז || ז׳
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| | גֿ׳ || גֿ
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| !colspan=2| Approximant
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| | ו ||
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| | ל || ל׳
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| | ר
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| | י ||
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| ===Vowels===
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| *''a'' /ɑ/ = אָק (closed syllables),ֹ אָא (open syllables)
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| *''æ'' /æ/ = אַק (closed syllables), אַא (open syllables)
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| *''e'' /e/ = אֵי
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| *''i'' /i/ = אִי
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| *''ə'' /ə/ = אְק (closed), אְה (open)
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| *''o'' /o/ = אוֹ
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| *''u'' /u/ = אוּ
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| ===Tones===
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| *level (''píng'' tone) = לׇ֣א (''la'')
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| *X (''shǎng'' tone) לָ֝א (''lá'')
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| *H (''qù'' tone) = לָ֔א (''là'')
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |