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-Sava has the following prototypical onsets: p, t, c, k, ∅, b, d, j, g, m, n, ng. These form 3 series of consonants which change in certain phonological contexts: C-, -C- and -QC-.
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Sava (or Cava in the old orthography) is a language isolate spoken in the Savanese archipelago.

=Etymology=
The name Sava comes from the greeting sava, which is akin to Italian ciao. The rationale behind the name is that someone you say "sava!" to is a fellow speaker of the language, which can have confusing implications when French speakers are involved.

=Phonology=
Sava has the following prototypical onsets: p, t, c, k, ∅, b, d, j, g, m, n, ng. These form 3 series of consonants which change in certain phonological contexts: C-, -C- and -QC-.

The first series (p, t, c, k, ∅) stay as plosives for C-, become fricatives for -C-, and become plosives (preglottalised, geminated or plain) for -QC- – with the exception of //∅//, which only surfaces for -QC- as a glottal stop 〈'〉; and phonetically //c//, which in recent times is now /s/, /s/ and /cc/.

The second series (b, d, j, g) stay phonologically voiced plosives for C-, become voiced continuants for -C-, and become prenasalised for -QC-.

The third series are nasals, and they stay the same for both C- and -C-, while changing for -QC- into pre-stopped nasals (e.g. pm, tn, kng), or emphatically having 〈'u〉 placed before a geminate form (e.g. 〈-'umm-〉).?

Thus:
{|
|-
! C- !! -C- !! -QC-
|-
| p || f || 'p
|-
| t || th || 't
|-
| c || s || 'c
|-
| k || h || 'k
|-
|-
| b || v || mb