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| {{Infobox language
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| | name = Vexilian
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| | nativename = Załojąļčæɂ/Заԓоӽъԡчӕь/زِلشےَحٛلژچٰا/זַלשֹכֲּלשׁצ׳ָא
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| | pronunciation = zäɬo̞ˈq͡χɐɮʧæʔ
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| | familycolor = conlang
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| | fam1 = a priori language
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| | creator = User:QaiZar
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| | created = 2024
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| | scripts = Latin<br/>Cyrillic<br/>Arabic<br/>Hebrew<br/>Vexilian Abugida
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| | clcr = none
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| | image = [[File:Vexilian_autoglotonym_wirink'oq.png|frameless]]
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| | notice = IPA
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| }}
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| ==Introduction==
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| THIS IS STILL A WIP, I'LL WRITE MORE LATER -QAIZAR
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| Vexilian is a constructed language designed to be the vernacular language for vexilians. A highly militarized alien culture based on a hierarchical and nationalistic system. The language features a complex phonology, a polysynthetic morphology inspired by languages such as Chilean Spanish, German, Nahuatl, Abkhaz, Navajo, Klingon, indigenous languages of Chile, and Tungusic, Berber, Mongolian, and Chukotko-Kamchatka/Luorawetlan languages, and a unique writing system with adaptations to the Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew alphabets. Its linguistic structure reflects the cultural values of the Vexilians, where militarism, nationalism, and hierarchical order play a fundamental role.
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Orthography===
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| ===Consonants===
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| Vexilian has 45 consonants and 13 vowels. At the left of each cell in the table below is the [[w:phoneme|phoneme]], and at the left its transliterated representation if it is not written the same in IPA as in written vexilian. The consonants are as follows:
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| |Bilabial
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| |Labiodental
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| |Dental
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| |Alveolar
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| |Palatoalveolar
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| |Retroflex
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| |palatal
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| |Velar
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| |Uvular
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| |Pharyngeal
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| |Epiglottal
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| |Glotal
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| |Nasal
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| |m
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| |n [n̪]
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| |ñ [ɲ]
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| |ŋ
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| |-
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| |Oclusive
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| |p
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| b
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| |t [t̪]
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| d [d̪]
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| |k
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| |q
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| |q̇ [ʡ]
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| |ɂ [ʔ]
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| |Implosive
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| |ɓ
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| |Africate
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| |c [t͡s]
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| ç [d͡z]
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| |č [t͡ʃ]
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| ĵ [d͡ʒ]
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| |ꝗ [q͡χ]
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| |Fricative
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| |f
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| |ŧ [θ]
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| |s [s]
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| z [z]
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| |š [ʃ]
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| ž [ʒ]
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| |(ʝ)
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| |j [x]
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| ƣ [ɣ]
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| |(χ)
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| ř [ʁ]
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| |ƹ [ʕ]
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| |h
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| |Aprox.
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| |w
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| ƕ [ʍ]
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| |v [ʋ]
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| |ŕ [ɻ]
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| |y [j]
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| ÿ[ɥ]
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| |trill
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| |ḅ [ʙ]
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| ṗ [ʙ̥]
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| |r (r̪)
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| |ŗ (r̝)
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| |tł [t͡ɬ]
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| dļ [d͡ɮ]
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| |kl [ǁ]
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| |kly [ǂ]
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| ===Vowels===
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| The 12 vowels of vexilian are as follows:
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| |Front
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| |Back
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| |i
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| |ɨ (ü)
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| |ɪ (į)
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| |ʊ (ų)
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| |Mid
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| |e̞ (e)
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| ø̞ (ø)
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| |ə (ę)
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| |o̞ (o)
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| ɤ̞ (ǫ)
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| |ɐ (ą)
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| |ä (a)
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| Vexilian present a very ample phonetic inventory
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| The vocalic system distinguishes short and long vowels with nasal and long nasal variants
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| '''Syllabic structure'''
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| * The maximum syllabic structure is C(C)V(C)
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| * Most syllables start with a consonant.
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| * A 2 element consonant group is allowed, where the second is always an approximant (/j w ɥ/) or a liquid consonant (/l r/).
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| * Affricates and ejectives count as a single segment in the syllabic structure.
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| * Nucleus:
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| * It can contain a long, short, nasal, or long nasal vowel.
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| * Dipthongs are exclusively decrescent (ej. [ei̯], [au̯]).
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| '''Coda:'''
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| Nasalized coda assimilates its articulation point to the next consonant.
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| '''Phonologic processes:'''
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| * Nasal assimilation: /n/ adopts the articulation point of the previous consonant (/n/ → [ŋ] on velar/uvular consonants, /n/ → [ɲ] on palatal consonants).
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| * Vowel reduction: On a atone syllable, short vowels often get reduced to /ə/, except for /i/, which reduces to [ɪ].
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| * Glotal epenthesis: Between 2 identical vowels in sequence, /ʔ/ gets inserted to avoid hiatus.
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| * Lenition: Voiced stops get turned into fricatives between vowels (/b/ → [β], /d/ → [ð], /ɡ/ → [ɣ]).
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| * Emphatic glottalization: In poetic or ritual contexts, certain words are pronounced with an additional glottal stop, even if they're not graphically represented.
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| '''Distribution of /t͡s/, /t͡sʼ/ and /d͡z/:'''
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| /t͡s/, /t͡sʼ/ y /d͡z/ behave like coronal consonants. They're frequent on initial and middle pose, but they rarely appear in coda.
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| '''Neutralized eyectives in coda'''
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| Ejective stops lose their audible release at the end of a word:
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| /pʼ/ → [p̚]
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| /tʼ/ → [t̚]
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| /kʼ/ → [k̚]
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| /qʼ/ → [q̚]
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| ===Morphophonology===
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| ==Morphology==
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| The verb structure is as follows:
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| '''Evidentiality prefix + time/mode prefixes + Verbal root + object incorporation + Derivative sufixes + Subject marks'''
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| ===Evidentiality prefixes===
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| * Direct: Ƹa- (I saw with my own eyes).
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| * Indirect/Audible: Ƹe- (I heard someone saw).
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| * Doubtful/Imaginary: Ƹę- (I Assume it happened).
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| ===Time/Mode prefixes===
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| * Present: ta-
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| * Past: ka-
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| * Future: sa-
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| * Hypothetical: za-
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| * Perfective (completed action): q̇ę-
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| * Imperfective (action in process): nę-
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| ===Derivative sufixes===
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| * Causative: -łę (make someone do something).
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| * Passive: -tłę
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| * Reflexive: -řę
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| ===Subject marks===
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| * 1st person: -ɂ
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| * 2nd person: -kę
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| * 3rd person: -sę
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| ===Quantity sufixes===
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| * Plural: -tł
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| * Dual: -dļ
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| * Paucal: -jł
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| * Nular: -q̇oq
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| ==Syntax==
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| ===Constituent order===
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| Vexilian uses a Verb-Object-Subject order, like the algonquian languages or malagasy.
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| ===Noun phrase===
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| '''Basic order:'''
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| (Determinant) + (Nucleus) + (Adjectives) + (Postpositions) + (Clitics/Modifiers)
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| '''Ejemplo:'''
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| ''Zat ghoti-kho''
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| ''That big fish'' (Determinant + Sustantive + Adjective)
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| ===Verb phrase===
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| Time/Aspect/Modality + Verbal Prefixes (theme, cause, applications, incorporations) + Verbal Root + Sufixes (plural, directional, etc.)
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| '''Example:'''
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| ''Kapikožukçekę
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| Ka-piko-žuk-çe-kę''
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| ''¿Did you see me?'' (Ka = past, piko = interrogative, žuk = see, çe = object "me", kę = 2nd person indicator)
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| ===Sentence phrase===
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| Evidentiality prefix + time/mode prefixes + Verbal root + object incorporation + Derivative sufixes + Subject marks
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| Ƹasašaŋghotiłęɂ
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| Ӏасашаңгһотиԓэь
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| عَسَشَڭگھۆتِڷها
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| עַסַשַנּגהֹתִלְּא
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| /ʕäsäʃäŋɡʰo̞t̪iɬəʔ/
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| Ƹa-sa-šaŋ-ghoti-łę-ɂ
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| = "[I] will make [myself] eat a fish (and i see it)."
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| * Ƹa-: Direct evidential (i see it).
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| * sa-: Future.
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| * šaŋ: Root "eat".
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| * ghoti: incorporated object ("fish").
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| * łę: Causative.
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| * ɂ: First person.
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| ===Dependent clauses===
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| <!-- etc. etc. -->
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| ==Numbers==
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| Unlike most languages, vexilian uses a septenary numeral system since they have 5 fingers on each hand and 2 toes on each foot. The numbers are as follows.
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| * 0: Xa
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| * 1₇: Yx
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| * 2₇: Hosf
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| * 3₇: Łañ
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| * 4₇: Nęn̈ꝗi
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| * 5₇: Qeq̇
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| * 6₇: Kǫǫs
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| * 10₇: Xłereq̇
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| * 100₇: Yuz
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| * 1000₇: Čæn
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| * -illion₇: -nonok'
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| ===Examples of more complex numbers===
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| * 13₇: Xłereq̇-ha-Łañ (ten and three)
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| * 41₇: Nęn̈ꝗi-Xłereq̇-ha-Yx (Four tens and one)
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| * 123₇: Yuz-Hosf-Xłereq̇-ha-Łañ (Hundred two tens and three)
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| ==Example texts==
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| <!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. -->
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| ==Other resources==
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| <!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->
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| [[Category:Vexilian]]
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| [[Category:Languages]]
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| [[Category:Conlangs]]
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| [[Category:Scripts]]
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