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but not in coda positions. Vowel slot can include diphthongs, and diphthongs can have all

permutations. Vowel length is not a feature.

When a syllable ends with a particular consonant and the next syllable begins with that same

consonant, gemination is produced. This is not strictly phonemic but instead a contextual

feature.

===Stress===

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entities. Copular sentences are the only sentences which can go wholly without spaces in theory.

Spaces are up to the author.

~~===Morphophonology===~~

~~==Morphology==~~

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~~Nouns~~

~~Adjectives~~

~~Verbs~~

~~Adverbs~~

~~Particles~~

~~Derivational morphology~~

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==Syntax==

===~~Constituent order~~===

===Roots===

===~~Noun phrase~~===

The primary atomic element in Tanpun are roots. A root is in essence, a CVC syllable which

~~===Verb~~ phrase~~===~~

represents a semantic concept and does not have an inherent part of speech aside from pronouns,

===~~Sentence phrase~~===

numbers, and conjunctions. For example, the root "piur" means fire, burning, to burn, flame, and

~~===Dependent clauses===~~

other such things; that list is not exhaustive.

~~<!-~~- ~~etc~~. ~~etc~~. ~~-->~~

===Prefixes===

Roots can take prefixes. Prefixes are inseparable from the root and the prefix modifies the root

in a specific way, such as negation, position, temporal deixis, definiteness, number (singular vs

plural), and honorific. A root with prefixes is analogous to a phrase in Early Middle Japanese.

===The mechanics of root combinations===

Roots combine in a semantic way, later roots within a word constrain earlier ones, and the first

root of the word is considered the most fundamental. For example, the 'word' teksik decomposes

into tek-sik, whose roots are art/science/skill and soul/mind/intent/brain respectively. The

first root comprises the type of object, and the second root clarifies the domain. This word

would thus mean possibly psychology, mental faculty, or soul technique. To make it more narrow,

more roots would be added, or possibly choosing a different root like lok, which means discourse

or study, instead of tek, but such a thing depends on what is intended.

Generally, later roots can be understood as constraining the previous roots by domain, i.e. "in

terms of" or "with respect to" or other equivalent phrases.

===Words===

Words are defined in a strongly atypical way. A word represents a singular grammatical argument,

concept, object, entity, idea, and any such thing. Noun phrases are generally considered to be

within the same word, as well as adjectives and other modifiers.

==Example texts==

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 but not in coda positions. Vowel slot can include diphthongs, and diphthongs can have all
 permutations. Vowel length is not a feature.
+When a syllable ends with a particular consonant and the next syllable begins with that same
+consonant, gemination is produced. This is not strictly phonemic but instead a contextual
+feature.
 ===Stress===
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 entities. Copular sentences are the only sentences which can go wholly without spaces in theory.
 Spaces are up to the author.
-===Morphophonology===
-==Morphology==
-<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. -->
-<!-- Here are some example subcategories:
-Nouns
-Adjectives
-Verbs
-Adverbs
-Particles
-Derivational morphology
--->
 ==Syntax==
-===Constituent order===
+===Roots===
-===Noun phrase===
+The primary atomic element in Tanpun are roots. A root is in essence, a CVC syllable which
-===Verb phrase===
+represents a semantic concept and does not have an inherent part of speech aside from pronouns,
-===Sentence phrase===
+numbers, and conjunctions. For example, the root "piur" means fire, burning, to burn, flame, and
-===Dependent clauses===
+other such things; that list is not exhaustive.
-<!-- etc. etc. -->
+===Prefixes===
+Roots can take prefixes. Prefixes are inseparable from the root and the prefix modifies the root
+in a specific way, such as negation, position, temporal deixis, definiteness, number (singular vs
+plural), and honorific. A root with prefixes is analogous to a phrase in Early Middle Japanese.
+===The mechanics of root combinations===
+Roots combine in a semantic way, later roots within a word constrain earlier ones, and the first
+root of the word is considered the most fundamental. For example, the 'word' teksik decomposes
+into tek-sik, whose roots are art/science/skill and soul/mind/intent/brain respectively. The
+first root comprises the type of object, and the second root clarifies the domain. This word
+would thus mean possibly psychology, mental faculty, or soul technique. To make it more narrow,
+more roots would be added, or possibly choosing a different root like lok, which means discourse
+or study, instead of tek, but such a thing depends on what is intended.
+Generally, later roots can be understood as constraining the previous roots by domain, i.e. "in
+terms of" or "with respect to" or other equivalent phrases.
+===Words===
+Words are defined in a strongly atypical way. A word represents a singular grammatical argument,
+concept, object, entity, idea, and any such thing. Noun phrases are generally considered to be
+within the same word, as well as adjectives and other modifiers.
 ==Example texts==
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