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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' [ʃɛj˨˩ ʔɑː˩˩ mɪː˧˥], or the '''Ami language''', is a divergent [[Thean|Theic]] language (in the [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian family]]). It is inspired by Navajo.
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| == Todo ==
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| yaazh⁵⁵ /jɑːɻ˥˥/ = treble harp, which can be used to communicate in a musical form of this language over long distances
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| == Phonology ==
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| === Initials ===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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| ! rowspan="2" | Bilabial
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| ! colspan="3" | Alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Palato-<br />alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Palatal
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| ! colspan="2" | Velar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Glottal
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| |- style="font-size: x-small;"
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| ! plain
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| ! lateral
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| ! affricate
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| ! plain
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| ! lab.
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| |-
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/ || '''n''' /n/ || || || || || || ||
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2" | Stop
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| ! <small>unaspirated</small>
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| | '''b''' /p/ || '''d''' /t/ || '''dl''' /tˡ/ || '''dz''' /ts/ || '''j''' /tʃ/ || || '''g''' /k/ || '''gw''' /kʷ/ || (not written) /ʔ/
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| |-
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| ! <small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''p''' /pʰ/ || '''t''' /tʰ/ || '''tl''' /tɬʰ/ || '''ts''' /tsʰ/ || '''ch''' /tʃʰ/ || || '''k''' /kʰ/ || '''kw''' /kʷʰ/ ||
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| ! colspan="2" | Continuant
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| | || '''s''' /s/ || '''l''' /l/ || || '''sh''' /ʃ/ || '''y''' /j/ || '''h''' /x/ || '''w''' /w/ ||
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| === Nuclei ===
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| i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu /ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ iː eː ɑː oː uː/
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| === Codas ===
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| -0 -n -ñ -' -d -l -z -zh -i -i' -w -w' /-0 -n -N -ʔ -t̚ -l -ð{{lowered}} -ɻ -j -jʔ -w -wʔ/
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| /-N/ is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel
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| Nuclei are lengthened before the zero coda or /-N/; hence short and long vowel + these codas are phonetically long and overlong vowels respectively
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| === Tones ===
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