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|text='''Ptḗgna i rháki? Tān ptḗgi i khrísti!''' | |text='''Ptḗgna i rháki? Tān ptḗgi i khrísti!''' | ||
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|source=Idioms and phrases in Ris: An analysis. pg. 34 | |source=Idioms and phrases in Ris: An analysis. pg. 34 | ||
|about= The saying '''The hollow triangle? Rather the Christmas tree!''' is a nationalist idiom which represents the Ris people's belief that their language is superior to that of their neighbours. This is due to their vowel inventory creating an image of either an hollow triangle, or a pine tree. | |about= The saying '''The hollow triangle? Rather the Christmas tree!''' is a nationalist idiom which represents the Ris people's belief that their language is superior to that of their neighbours. This is due to their vowel inventory creating an image of either an hollow triangle, or a pine tree. | ||
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There are 7 [[w:vowel|vowel]] phonemes in the Ris language. In Ris, the system of vowels are known as ''ptḗgna i rháki'' - 'the hollow triangle', due to their symmetrical places of articulation. | There are 7 [[w:vowel|vowel]] phonemes in the Ris language. In Ris, the system of vowels are known as ''ptḗgna i rháki'' - 'the hollow triangle', due to their symmetrical places of articulation. | ||