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| Words in '''Pankristia''' come from the languages of humanity, but reflect the largely European and African origins of Christianity.
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| == Names vs. Roots ==
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| Drawing on many languages for its vocabulary, some words are already ready to be used as nouns, because they end in a consonant. These are assumed to be nouns, but they can be clarified with the '''-e''' ending as needed. (e.g. '''maw''' and '''mawe''' are both ''cat''.)
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| Most words are not ready to be used as anything because they end in a consonant cluster. These require an affix to make clear what part of speech they are. These are listed in the dictionary as ending in a hyphen, even though they are not prefixes. Not all suffixes make sense in every context.
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| * Nouns end in '''-e'''
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| * Adjectives end in '''-i''
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| * Adverbs end in '''-o'''
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| * Active verbs end in '''-a'''
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| * Passive verbs end in '''-u'''
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| For example, '''abl-''' is a root in the dictionary, but not a word by itself. '''able'' is ''an ability'' and ''abla'' is ''to be able to''.
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| === Exceptions ===
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| The first major exception to this rule is numerals
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| # 0 '''nol''' | |
| # 1 '''un'''
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| # 2 '''dul'''
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| # 3 '''tin'''
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| # 4 '''car'''
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| # 5 '''lim'''
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| # 6 '''sis'''
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| # 7 '''sem'''
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| # 8 '''bal'''
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| # 9 '''naw'''
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| These exist in the plain form when used as predicates, and take an '''-i''' (on the final element) when used as adjectives.
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