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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Classical Tseer has 23 phonemic consonants: Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/. The only weird feature by Talman standards are the retroflex consonants.
Classical Tseer has 22 phonemic consonants. Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/.
 
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| '''dh''' /ɖ/
| '''dh''' /ɖ/
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| '''g''' /g/
| '''g''' [g]
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Naeng/Classical|Classical Naeng]]: nouns have masculine and feminine gender, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and gender agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication. Like Naeng, Tseer has lost Proto-Lakovic triggers.
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Naeng/Classical|Classical Naeng]]: nouns pluralize by reduplication, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and person agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication.  
===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
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!|
!|
!I (m.)!!I (f.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
!I (m.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
|-
|-
!|Full pronouns
!|Full pronouns
|colspan=2|''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
||''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
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!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
|colspan=2|''-ri'', ''-iri''||''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ar''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
||''-ri'', ''-iri''||''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ar''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
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!|Predicative Suffixes
!|Predicative Suffixes
|''-nire''
|''-re''
|''-sire''
|''-b''
|''-b''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
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* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
== Syntax ==
Syntax-wise, Tseer is predicate-first, like Lushootseed, due to influence from Classical [[Netagin]].


== Syntax ==
SVO or VSO
==Poetry==
==Poetry==
===Rhyme===
===Rhyme===