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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
that's the jokey element in Nurian (a Russian trying to imitate Tamil and sounding English in the process) | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
As a result of a series of historical palatalizations, Nurian has many consonants in hard (velarized) and soft (palatalized) versions, similar to Lithuanian and Russian. Radicals and /h/ cannot palatalize - however, they color the /a/ vowel as if they were soft. | As a result of a series of historical palatalizations, Nurian has many consonants in hard (velarized) and soft (palatalized) versions, similar to Lithuanian and Russian. Radicals and /h/ cannot palatalize - however, they color the /a/ vowel as if they were soft. | ||