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Verapamil is a Dodellic language inspired by Old Tamil.

Phonology

Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with 12 consonants, 11 vowels and two tones: high and low.

The low tone is marked with a grave accent: *dàbəno "tree", *meṇàgì "book", *nedə̀da "house" (→ Verapamil sallu (tree), vezhai (book), lesta (house))

Consonants

Stops: (labial, dental, palatal, velar) x (voiced, voiceless)

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close *i /i/ *ī /iː/ *u /u/ *ū /uː/
Mid *e /e/ *ē /eː/ *ə /ə/ *o /o/ *ō /oː/
Open *a /a/ *ā /aː/