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* Apparently a historic ts ~ s alternation | * Apparently a historic ts ~ s alternation | ||
* coda /r/ can sometimes be followed by an epenthetic duplicate of the vowel before it. | * coda /r/ can sometimes be followed by an epenthetic duplicate of the vowel before it. | ||
* Most f are seemingly derived from *p, with remaining p's from onomatopoeia, ideophones and loans. Cf. Japanese, Arabic. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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===Derivational Suffixes=== | ===Derivational Suffixes=== | ||
* Adjective forming -ngga/-ngge/-nggo | * Adjective forming -ngga/-ngge/-nggo | ||
===Verbs=== | |||
* -mbi is used for the present. It is seemingly descended from a combination of a gerund ending with a copula/existential verb, e.g. -mV-bi | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||