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| Mayyahi (numa Mayyaħī) is a language of Tricin's Onishia. It has a Proto-Semitic, Sanskrit and Modern Standard Arabic aesthetic and is spoken by the Mayyaħ people.
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| It is diglossic like Arabic and there are many basilects of Mayyaħī, some of which are mutually unintelligible.
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| ==Phonology==
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| p t k b d g
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| ʔ m n s z ts ʃ ʒ l r w y ħ ʕ tʕ q sʕ tsʕ h
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| Begadkefat: p t k b d g -> f θ x v ð ɣ (written ph th kh bh dh gh)
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| Vowels: a ā i ī u ū e o ai au (as in Sanskrit)
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| Anusvara inspired by mimation, visarga inspired by ta marbuta and he mappiq
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