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Orthography
Majuscule forms (uppercase or capital letters)
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Minuscule forms (lowercase or small letters)
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Name of Letters
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a /a/ |
bé /be/ |
cé /ʃe/ |
dé /de/ |
é /e/ |
eff /ɛf/ |
gué /ge/ |
haice /ɛʃ/ |
i /i/ |
ji /ʒi/ |
ka /ka/ |
el /ɛl/ |
emme /ɛm/ |
enne /ɛn/ |
o /o/ |
pé /pe/ |
qué /ke/ |
er /ɛɾ/ |
esse /ɛs/ |
thé /te/ |
u /u/ |
vé /ve/ |
dobbio vé /d̪obːjo ve/ |
ixe /iks/ |
i graic /i gɾɛk/ |
zét /t͡set/
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Consonants
Consonants
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Labial
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Dental
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Palato-alveolar
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Velar
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Glottal
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Nasal
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m
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n̪
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ɲ
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ŋ
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Plosive
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voiceless
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p
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t̪
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k
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voiced
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b
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d̪
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g
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Fricative
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voiceless
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f
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s ʃ
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voiced
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β
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v ð
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z ʒ
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Affricate
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voiceless
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t͡s t͡ʃ
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voiced
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d͡z d͡ʒ
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Tap
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ɾ
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Approximant
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j ɥ
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w
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Lateral approximant
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l ʎ
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Vowels
Long vowels
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Front
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Central
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Back
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oral
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nasal
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oral
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nasal
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Close
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i y
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u
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Mid
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e ø1
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ə
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o
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Open-mid
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ɛ
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ɔ
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Open
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a
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1 allophone of /ə/, in free variation
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
MorphologySyntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
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