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==Morphophonology==
==Morphophonology==


Each of the eleven consonants is associated with a consonant and vice versa. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').
Each of the eleven consonants is associated with a ''primary'' vowel and vice versa. The primary vowels are all the monophthongs /a aː e eː i iː o oː u uː/ plus the diphthong /ai/. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').


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Nearly all lemmata are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because ''ji'' is not a lemma syllable.
All trisyllabic lemmas are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because '''j''' and '''i''' are not a pair.


The following short diphthongs are only found in long roots. The following pairs alternate with each other, occurring in prefixes on nouns and suffixes on verbs.
Quadrisyllabic lemmas begin with a '''CVV''' prefix containing a secondary vowel. Secondary vowels are /au eo ia io iu ua ue ui/ and then consist of syllables containing primary vowels with no requirement that the vowels appear in a syllable with any particular consonant. For example, '''nuajitailu''' is a valid quadrisyllabic lemma because the first syllable contains a secondary vowel and the final three syllables contain primary vowels.
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable"
|- align=center
! Noun<br />(prefix) !! Verb<br />(suffix)
|- align=center
| oe || eo
|- align=center
| ua || ia
|- align=center
| ue || io
|- align=center
| ui || iu
|}
 
Additionally, the long rising diphthongs /iaː ioː iuː uaː ueː uiː/ appear only in clitics and have no pattern of alteration.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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