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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
In stressed syllables the vowel system centers on an opposition between three vowels: /a i u/. These are the only permitted vowels in stressed syllables. In unstressed syllables there is a tendency to de-emphasise the distinctive qualities of the vowel with occasionally extreme coalescence into a schwa /ə/. | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
GA has a rich system of consonants with articulations ranging from labial to glottal and with a family-specific feature opposition: [-voice], [+voice], [+emphatic]. The nature of the [+emphatic] feature is not clear but it presumably involves some sort of glottalised articulation. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Pronomina=== | ===Pronomina=== | ||