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'''Verapamil''' is a language of Southern Dodellia. It's the most commonly spoken Southern Veraic language and is believed to be distantly related to the Lakovic languages.


Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish
Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish


==Todo==
==Todo==
Proto-Veraic *f v -> h?
Proto *f v -> h?
 
''yēni'' = laurel (a false cognate with the Nurian word)


''yēni'' = laurel
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Verapamil has 22 consonants:
[PAGENAME] has 22 consonants:


/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n''
/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n''
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==


Nouns in Verapamil come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions:
Nouns in [PAGENAME] come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions:
*nominative
*nominative
*accusative
*accusative
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==


Verapamil syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin.
[PAGENAME] syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin.
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