| Tizian consonants
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Labial
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Coronal
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Lateral
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Velar
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Radical
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Glottal
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| Nasal
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m
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n
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| Plosive
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voiceless
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p
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t
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k
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ʡ
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| voiced
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b
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d
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g
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| voiceless aspirated
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pʰ
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tʰ
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kʰ
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| voiced aspirated
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bʱ
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dʱ
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gʱ
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| Fricative
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voiceless
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f
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θ s
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ɬ
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x
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ħ
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h
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| voiced
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v
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ð z
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ɮ
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ɣ
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ʕ
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| Affricate
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plain
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ts dz
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tɬ dɮ
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| aspirated
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tsʰ dzʰ
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tɬʰ dɮʱ
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| Approximant
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w
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j
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| Trill
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r
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| Lateral app.
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l
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Nouns
| Declension
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| Number→
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Generic
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Partitive
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Singulative
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Plurative
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| Definiteness→
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Indefinite
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Definite
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| Unpossessed
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| 1sg
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| 2sg
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| 3sg.animate
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| 3sg.inanimate
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| 1ex
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| 1in
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| 2pl
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| 3pl.animate
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| 3pl.inanimate
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| Partitive
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Pronouns
The first person singular can be used as an impersonal pronoun.
Verbs
Split ergativity
The ergative particle le is used before an ergative noun phrase. 1st and 2nd person arguments induce nominative/accusative alignment on both nouns and verbs.