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Of course, there must be some limitations in such personalization, so that the Dama can function as an international auxiliary language: | Of course, there must be some limitations in such personalization, so that the Dama can function as an international auxiliary language: | ||
It is strongly recommended that the dissylabic words have different stress / pitch / length / vowel openness (height) on their two syllables, or at least monosyllabic words should take as much time as disyllabic ones in pronunciation. | It is strongly recommended that the dissylabic words have different stress / pitch / length / vowel openness (height) on their two syllables, or at least monosyllabic words should take as much time as disyllabic ones in pronunciation. | ||
Only the 16 letters a b d e g i j k m n o r s t u w (including the combination ts) may be used when writing Dama with the Latin alphabet. The sound /p/ should be avoided, at least by making it emphatic or ejective, and lateral sounds should not be accepted in Dama. | Only the 16 letters a b d e g i j k m n o r s t u w (including the combination ts) may be used when writing Dama with the Latin alphabet. Palatal sounds (e.g. /c/, /ɟ/) should be considered phonetically same as velar (k/g), and not same as dentals (t/d). The sound /p/ should be avoided, at least by making it emphatic or ejective, and lateral sounds should not be accepted in Dama. | ||
== Invitation == | == Invitation == | ||