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The common sequence {{IPA|/ŋn/}} is written as '''mm'''. | The common sequence {{IPA|/ŋn/}} is written as '''mm'''. | ||
Letter names are acrophonic (except for ''ang'' for '''ng''', which cannot start a word), and mostly taken from the Persian names of Arabic letters, although a few names are earlier and correspond to Syriac names (most notably ''syin'' for ''sy''). The names for vowels except ''alefi'' (or non-acrophonic ''elefi'', which is the form used in the word for "alphabet", ''elefibáté'') are likely Lifashian inventions, but with a Greek influence in ''et'' ('''e''') and ''iyti'' ('''i'''), as well as in using ''duwsátat'' (big) for the names of long vowels. Lifashian inventions are also ''ang'' ('''ng''') and the following letter ''ceng'' ('''c''').<br/>All letter names are neuter even if they are all first declension nouns (sixth in the case of ''alefi'' and ''iyti''). | Letter names are acrophonic (except for ''ang'' for '''ng''', which cannot start a word<ref>The conjunction ''ng'' (and) itself is a partial exception, as it represents spoken {{IPA|/oŋ/}}, or {{IPA|/-ŋ/}} after vowels, and is not a standalone word.</ref>), and mostly taken from the Persian names of Arabic letters, although a few names are earlier and correspond to Syriac names (most notably ''syin'' for ''sy''). The names for vowels except ''alefi'' (or non-acrophonic ''elefi'', which is the form used in the word for "alphabet", ''elefibáté'') are likely Lifashian inventions, but with a Greek influence in ''et'' ('''e''') and ''iyti'' ('''i'''), as well as in using ''duwsátat'' (big) for the names of long vowels. Lifashian inventions are also ''ang'' ('''ng''') and the following letter ''ceng'' ('''c''').<br/>All letter names are neuter even if they are all first declension nouns (sixth in the case of ''alefi'' and ''iyti''). | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||