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| Inspirations: Vietnamese, Old Irish, Tiberian Hebrew, Maltese (and Hmong?)
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| == Phonology ==
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| p t c k kħ q = /p t k q {{qeth}} ʔ/; ph th ch kh ħ = /f θ x χ ħ/
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| m n ng; mh nh ngh = /m n ŋ; v{{nas}} (lenis n) (lenis ŋ)/
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| x s h = /ɬ ʃ h/
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| b ƀ đ d y g ǥ għ = /v (bilabial l) ɮ ð y ɣ ʟ ayin/
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| r l /r l/
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| i ê e a o ô u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; ă = shva na; ĕ = ultrashort e; ie uo
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| Ultrashort vowels cannot carry independent tones
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| tones: high low falling rising nga nang
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| has lenition, lateralization and h-prothesis~aspiration mutations
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| === Mutations ===
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| # Lenition: m n ng p t c k kħ s v l r -> mh ng ngh b d y g għ h 0 l r
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| # Lateralization: m n ng p t c k kħ s v l r -> ƀ l ng ƀ đ ǥ ǥ għ x l l r
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| # Aspiration: m n ng p t c k kħ s v l r -> m n ng ph th ch kh ħ s ph x rh
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| == Proto-language ==
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| 5 vowels: i e a o u, each syllable had high and low tones
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| allowed syllables: CV, CVn, CVs, CVl (CVnC becomes CV(sokuon)C as in Hebrew)
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| Todo: Stress patterns for construct nouns and dependent verbs
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| Consonants: m n ŋ p t c k q 2 s w l r y /m n ŋ p t k q{{adv}} q{{ret}} ʔ ʃ w l r j/
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| == Morphology ==
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| Old Irish-style independent-dependent verbal allomorphy, which includes tone changes (the proto-stage had level tones and was predominantly CV, with geminates, nC and sC clusters. tones in reduced syllables leave a mark on the stressed syllable, making tones more complex)
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| nouns have unpredictable allomorphs as well, worse than TibH construct state (absolute~construct since easy to justify with stress)
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