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== Anthropology ==
== Anthropology ==
Central, Dardic, Eastern, Northern, Northwestern, Southern, Western
Central, Dardic, Eastern, Northern, Northwestern, Southern, Western
== Phonology ==
* Stop: /p/, /t̪/, /ʈ/, /tʃ~tɕ~ts/, /k/
** /b/, /d̪/, /ɖ/, /dʒ/, /ɡ/
** /pʰ/, /t̪ʰ/, /ʈʰ/, /tʃʰ/, /kʰ/
** /bʱ/, /d̪ʱ/, /ɖʱ/, /dʒʱ/, /ɡʱ/ ........
* Nasal: /m/, /n/ (/ɳ/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/)
* Fric: /s/, /ʃ~ɕ/, /z/, /ɦ/
* Liquid: /ɾ/, /l/, /w/, /j/


== Phonology and Orthography ==
== Phonology and Orthography ==
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
a, e, i, o, u and au and ai.
a, e, i, o, u and syllabic r (no ai, au, or syllabic l).
 
=== Phonotactics ===
V, C, CV, CCV, CVC, CCVC, CVCC.  Only nasals are allowed word finally.
 
== Grammar ==
Tripartite alignment is the compromise between so many split-ergative and nominative-accusative languages.
* The subject of an intransitive clause is unmarked.
* The subject of a transitive clause is marked with the ergative postposition, ne/𑀦𑁂.
* The object of a transitive clause is marked with the accusative postposition, ma/𑀫.
* The genitive postposition is sa/𑀲.


=== Phonotactics ==
V, C, CV, CCV, CVC, and CCVC.  Only nasals are allowed word finally.


[[File: Major Indo-Aryan languages.png]]
[[File: Major Indo-Aryan languages.png]]

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