Northern mrims

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Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

syllables

94 single vowel syllables
4418 consonant-vowel syllables
result in 4512 one syllable words (prefixes, suffixes, stems and structure words)
and 20 358 144 two syllable words
the vowels are:

a,â o,ô i,î e,ê u,û ä,äy ö,öy ü,üy ow,owy aw,awy au,auy äi,äiy îa êa eô ûa äô äaw öâ öô öä öow
ve - combinations
 âr âms âl ôr ôms ôl îr îms îl êr êms êl ûr ûms ûl 
 äyr äyms äyl öyr öyms üyr üyms 
 owyms owyl awr awms awl
 auyms auyl äiyms äiyl
 îar îams îal êar êams êal eôr eôms eôl ûar ûams ûal 
 äôr äôms äôl äawr äawms äawl öâr öâms öâl öôr öôms öôl öär öäms öäl öowms öowl

the consonants are:

d dm dj
f fl fs fj
l lj
m mr mj
p pr pl pj
t tm tr tl tj
g gr
hr
j
s sm
vy vyl vyj
c cm cr cl cj
chy chym chyl chyj
chx chxr
gg ggm ggl ggj
v vj

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

word structure verb-subject-object
question structure verb-subject-object-particle (pê) oder questionword-verb-subject-object

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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