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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| ===Initials===
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| |+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Coronal
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| ! | Coarticulated
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| !rowspan="2"| Nasal
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /m̊/
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| | /n̊/
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| | /ŋ̊!/
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| | (/ŋ̊/)
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | /m/
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| | /n/
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| | /ŋ!/
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| | /ŋ/
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| |-
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| !rowspan="4" | Stop
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | /p/
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| | /t/
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| | /!/
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| | /k/
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| | /ʔ/
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | /pʰ/
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| | /tʰ/
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| | /!ʰ/
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| | /kʰ/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /b/
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| | /d/
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| | /g!/
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| | /g/
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| !<small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | /bʱ/
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| | /dʱ/
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| | /g!ʱ/
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| | /gʱ/
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | /f/
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| | /s/
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| | /ɧ/
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| | /x/
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| | /h/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /z/
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| | /ɧ̬/
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| | /ɣ/
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| !colspan=2| Trill
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| | /r/
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| !colspan=2| Approximant
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| | /w/, /ɥ/
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| | /l/
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| | /j/
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| broad ŧ is postvelar /k̠ǃ/ while slender ŧ is prevelar /k̟ǃ/
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| ===Vowels===
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| ! Front
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| ! Central
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| ! Back
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| ! Close
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| | /ʲi/ /ʲiː/ /ʲʷi/ /ʲʷiː/
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| | /(ʷ)u/ /(ʷ)uː/
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| ! Close-mid
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| | /ʲe/ /ʲeː/ /ʷeː/ /ʲʷe/ /ʲʷeː/
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| | /ɤ/ /ɤː/ /ʷo/ /ʷoː/
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| ! Open
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| | /ʲa/ /aː/ /ʲaː/ /ʷa/ /ʲʷa/
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| Diphthongs: /ʲia ʲʷia ua/ written <ir ibhir ur>
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| ===Finals===
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| Permissible finals: /-p -t -k -m -n -l -w -j/
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| ===Suprasegmentals===
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| Each syllable could have two registers: plain (''a á'') and breathy (''à â'').
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |