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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
<poem>
===Consonants===
Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory:
Non-clicks:
*Labials: p ph b bh m mh
*Dentals: t th d dh n nh l lh
*Velars: k kh g gh ŋ ŋh
*Labiovelars: kw kwh gw gwh
*Dental affricates: ts tsh dz dzh
*Lateral affricates: tł tłh dλ dλh
*Palatal affricates: tš tšh dž džh
*Other consonants: f s ł š h


@ ! | || # = bilabial, alveolar, dental, lateral, palatal clicks
Vowels:
*@ @h g@ g@h n@ n@h
a ɛ e i o u y a: ɛ: eɪ i: ɔ: oʊ u: øʏ y:
*! !h g! g!h n! n!h
*| |h g| g|h n| n|h
*|| ||h g|| g|| n|| n||h
* # #h g# g#h n# n#h
*+ labialized counterparts


===Vowels===
Non-clicks:
Umlaut?
Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h


===Prosody===
Clicks:
====Stress====
ʘ ʘh gʘ gʘh ŋʘ ŋʘʰ
====Intonation====
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks
</poem>


===Phonotactics===
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===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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