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!Uvular
!Uvular
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|Nasal
!rowspan="3"|(pre-)Nasal  
!Lenis
!Voiced
| ⟨ņ⟩ //
| ņ /n̪d̪/
| ⟨n⟩ /n/
| /nd/
| ⟨ṇ⟩ /ɳ/
| ṇ  /ɳɖ/
| ⟨ṅ⟩ /ɲ/
| ṅ  /ɲɟ/
| ⟨ṋ⟩ /ŋ/
| ṋ  /ŋɡ/
| ⟨ṉ⟩ /ɴ/
| ṉ  /ɴɢ/
|-
|-
!Tenuis
!Voiceless
| n̪̊
| n̪t̪
|
| nt
| ɳ̊
| ɳʈ
| ɲ̥
| ɲc
| ŋ̊
| ŋk
| ɴ̥
| ɴq
|-
|-
!Fortis
!Alone
|n̪̊ʰ
|
|n̥ʰ
| n
|ɳ̊ʰ
| ɳ
|ɲ̥ʰ
| ɲ
|ŋ̊ʰ
| ŋ
|ɴ̥ʰ
| ɴ
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|Stop
!rowspan="3"|Stop
!Lenis
!Lenis
|⟨ț⟩ /d̪/
| ț  /d̪/
|⟨t⟩ /d/
| /d/
|⟨ṭ⟩ /ɖ/
| ṭ  /ɖ/
|⟨ṫ⟩ /ɟ/
| ṫ  /ɟ/
|⟨ṱ⟩ /ɡ/
| ṱ  /ɡ/
|⟨ṯ⟩ /ɢ/
| ṯ  /ɢ/
|-
|-
!Tenuis
!Tenuis
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!rowspan="3"|Fricative
!rowspan="3"|Fricative
!Lenis
!Lenis
|⟨ș⟩ /ð/
| ș  /ð/
|⟨s⟩ /z/
| /z/
|⟨ṣ⟩ /ʐ/
| ṣ  /ʐ/
|⟨ṡ⟩ /ʝ/
| ṡ  /ʝ/
|⟨s̭⟩ /ɣ/
| s̭  /ɣ/
|⟨s̱⟩ /ʁ/
| s̱  /ʁ/
|-  
|-  
!Tenuis
!Tenuis
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|χʰ
|χʰ
|}
|}
Some systems prefer voiceless nasals, but experience has shown that prenasalization is easier to deceive for an unaccustomed ear.


Tenuis is shown with a preceding ''h'' and fortis with a succeeding one: ''t'' /d/, ''ht'' /t/ and ''th'' /tʰ/
Tenuis is shown with a preceding ''h'' and fortis with a succeeding one: ''t'' /d/, ''ht'' /t/ and ''th'' /tʰ/
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===


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!Close
!Close
|⟨i⟩ /i/
| /i/
|⟨ï⟩ /ɨ/
| ị  /ɨ/
|⟨u⟩ /ɯ/
| ï  /ɯ/
|-
|-
!Mid
!Mid
|⟨e⟩ /e̞/
| /e̞/
|⟨ë⟩ /ə/
| ẹ  /ə/
|⟨o⟩ /ɤ̞/
| ë  /ɤ̞/
|-
|-
!Open
!Open
|⟨a⟩ /a/
| /a/
|⟨ä⟩ /ä/
| ạ  /ä/
|⟨ö⟩ /ɑ/
| ä  /ɑ/
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Three tones:
Three tones:
*low ⟨a,/à/
*low a, /à/
*medium ⟨a⟩ /a/
*medium a /a/
*high ⟨a’⟩ /á/
*high a’ /á/
 
==Morphology==
 
Lordlang is a polysynthetic language whose morphemes are agglutinated (little fusion), and pronouns, nouns and adjectives are easily incorporated into verbs.
 
===Verb===
 
====Person====
 
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (unknown=passive)
 
====Voice====
 
active, reflexive, reciprocal, causative (spell), passive (4th person)...
 
====Tense====
 
====Aspect====
 
===Pronoun===
 
collective mind thingy
 
===Nominal===
 
===Modality===
 
influental spell-mood: "O become true, what I desire"


==Phonotactics==
==Phonotactics==
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