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Some orthographical and phonological notes: | Some orthographical and phonological notes: | ||
* /n/ [ŋ] is written as '''l''' before '''k g kh gh n'''. Note that in many local varieties '''lk lkh lg lgh''' are actually [ɴq ɴqʰ ɴɢ ɴɢʱ], with the stop assimilating to '''l''' and not vice-versa, and thus analyzed as /ɴ̆k ɴ̆kʰ ɴ̆g ɴ̆gʱ/. | * /n/ [ŋ] is written as '''l''' before '''k g kh gh n'''. Note that in many local varieties '''lk lkh lg lgh''' are actually [ɴq ɴqʰ ɴɢ ɴɢʱ], with the stop assimilating to '''l''' and not vice-versa, and thus analyzed as /ɴ̆k ɴ̆kʰ ɴ̆g ɴ̆gʱ/. | ||
* /ɴ̆(ʲ)ː/ may be written as either '''ll(ь)''' or '''ṃl(ь)'''; the latter is used when compounding two morphemes, the first of which ends in any nasal consonant except for '''l''' or '''lь''' themselves. | |||
Letter names are formed with simple rules: | Letter names are formed with simple rules: | ||