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!Phonotactics
!Phonotactics
|There were glides (/gja/ "meet"),<br>long vowels (/daː/ "woman"),<br>consonant clusters (/sna/ "house").
|C only
|At most CVVG.
|C(V)
|Good old CVVG remains. Well, there's a glottal stop onset now, which is kinda like (C)V(V)(G).
|VVCVVCVCVCVCV(V)
|(C)V(Q) or (C)F
|(C)
C - onset consonant
V - vowel
F - falling diphthong
Q - {/ŋ/, /m/}
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!Tones
!Tones
|68 + neutral: {{t|āáăảâàãạa}}<ref>There was seemingly no {{tone|5}} equivalent. There were three {{tone|6}} equivalents: one for arguments (peaking â) and one for clauses (low à), and a variant of the low tone that always has top scope (dipping ă).</ref>
|68 + neutral <ref>There was seemingly no {{tone|5}} equivalent. There were three {{tone|6}} equivalents: one for arguments (peaking â) and one for clauses (low à), and a variant of the low tone that always has top scope (dipping ă).</ref>
|37 + neutral: {{tone|1}}{{tone|2}}{{tone|3old}}{{tone|4}}{{tone|5}}{{tone|6}}{{tone|7}}{{tone|8}}
|37 + neutral
|16 + neutral: {{tone|2}}{{tone|3}}{{tone|4}}{{tone|5}}{{tone|6}}{{tone|7}}{{tone|8}}<br>Tone is per-word, not per-syllable.
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! Argument phrases
! Argument phrases
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
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