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==Todo==
==Todo==
Talmic vocab needs more b's and Cr-s
Talmic vocab needs more b's and Cr-s
*Content-word-last word order (so possessive pronouns should be preposed)
*Goal: Memrise courses
*Goal: Duolingo courses
*"Reason, Compassion and Action"
*"Reason, Compassion and Action"
**Symbolized by Borromean rings?
**Symbolized by Borromean rings?
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**metals: -cis
**metals: -cis
*How much are adjectives like verbs? What tense markers can they take?
*How much are adjectives like verbs? What tense markers can they take?
*Bhadhagha grammar


*The "21 accents" of Skellan
*The "21 accents" of Skellan
*(Sometimes misleading) nationality descriptors - like ''french fries'' or ''English horn'' in English
*(Sometimes misleading) nationality descriptors - like ''french fries'' or ''English horn'' in English
*Vowel changes before /χ/
*Vowel changes before /χ/
*Skellan word from a cognate of ''cathair'' 'flower' (can't use ''caþr'' because of th-fronting)
*positive anymore
*positive anymore
*HOW MANDATORY ARE NUMBER MARKERS? - They tend to be used more for human nouns.
*HOW MANDATORY ARE NUMBER MARKERS? - They tend to be used more for human nouns.
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*Merge postvocalic ''ñ'' and postvocalic ''l''?
*Merge postvocalic ''ñ'' and postvocalic ''l''?
**No, but use llt > lt and make ''-l'' more common in Windermere
**No, but use llt > lt and make ''-l'' more common in Windermere
*oo/øø merger? They seem to largely be in complementary distribution except in open syllables.
*Folk etymology of mine: aver > average. So use this etymology: guess/try > most probable > average
*Folk etymology of mine: aver > average. So use this etymology: guess/try > most probable > average
*more nouns with -i
*more nouns with -i