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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
PIr ā a -> a ə
PIr ă -> ə


urV, orV, arV -> orV, arV, erV -> oV aV eV
urV, orV, arV -> orV, arV, erV -> oV aV eV
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ira iro iru -> iwa iwo iwu
ira iro iru -> iwa iwo iwu


Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts
Same-vowel weakening rule: e.g. PI sumur is treated as if it were sămur
 
Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring


== Family tree ==
== Family tree ==
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|-
|-
!|Nasal
!|Nasal
|| m || mˁ || n || ɳ || ||
|| '''m''' /m/ || '''mˁ''' /mˁ/ || '''n''' /n̪/ || '''ṇ''' /ɳ/ || ||
|-
|-
!|Stop
!|Stop
|| p || pˁ || t || ʈ || tɕ || q
|| '''p''' /p/ || '''pˁ''' /pˁ/ || '''t''' /t̪/ || '''ṭ''' /ʈ/ || '''ć''' /tɕ/ || '''q''' /q/
|-
|-
!|Fricative
!|Fricative
|| || || || ʂ || ç || χ
|| || || || '''ṣ''' /ʂ/ || '''ç''' /ç/ || '''x''' /χ/
|-
|-
!|Continuant
!|Continuant
|| β || || ð || r || j ||
|| '''β''' /β/ || || '''δ''' /ð/ || '''r''' /ɻ/ || '''y''' /j/ ||
|}
|}


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Short i e a o u ə
Short i e a o u ə


Long i: e: a: o: u:
Long ī ē ā ō ū


Nasal į ę ą ǫ ų
Nasal iñ eñ añ oñ uñ əñ


Coloring effects
Coloring effects
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Some nouns, like proper nouns, family terms and body parts, shouldn't have classifiers
Some nouns, like proper nouns, family terms and body parts, shouldn't have classifiers


=== PI classifiers ===
=== Classifiers ===
Todo: suppletive plural forms
{| class="wikitable"
 
!| PEK classifier || Domain || Etymology
Todo: pejorative classifiers
|-
 
|| sg. ''=nuć'', pl. ''=çe''
* nawil, pl. ike: generic things
|| generic inanimate
* pelke: things (pejorative)
|-
* soŋi, pl. oru: humans
|| sg. ''=pće'', pl. ''=mut''
** -> PEK ''-hoi'', pl. ''-(y)au''
|| inanimate (pejorative)
* k'ube, pl. poap: humans (pejorative)
|-
* wipi: animals
|| sg. ''=hoi'', pl. ''=au''
* mogu: humans, animals (pejorative)
|| human
* p'asur: humans, animals (pejorative)
|-
* mosat: flat sheets
|| sg. ''=qβe'', pl. ''=poyap''
* omko (lit. flake): flat sheets (pejorative)
|| human (pejorative)
* otkeŋu: flat sheets (pejorative)
|-
* keron: trees and bushes; streams, rivers
|| ''=upi''
* yuŋos: herbaceous plants
|| generic animal
* eyepki: any plant (pejorative)
|-
* bawăd: flowers, bunches of fruit
|| ''=tiβo''
* aŋk'ă: long thin rigid objects, paths, ways things are done (e.g. languages)
|| livestock
* wasik: long thin flexible objects
|-
* uop: fruits, roughly spherical things
|| ''=toyu''
* tul: circles, rings
|| animate (pejorative)
* ŋes: buildings
|-
* p'odal: vehicles
|| ''=mˁō''
* sawup: man-made things (pejorative)
|| animate (pejorative)
* lăep: marks, like written characters, wounds, ...
|-
* rukir: places
|| ''=pˁat''
* ŋuta: events; verbal nouns tend to take this classifier
|| flat sheets
** PEK ''-uta'' infinitive
|-
|| ''=əmço''
|| flat sheets (pejorative)
|-
|| ''=çeoñ''
|| trees and bushes; streams, rivers
|-
|| ''=uox''
|| herbaceous plants
|-
|| ''=epçi''
|| any plant (pejorative)
|-
|| ''=βuδ''
|| flowers, bunches of fruit
|-
|| ''=tia''
|| paths, ways
|-
|| ''=uhiç''
|| long thin objects
|-
|| ''=uyop''
|| fruits, spheres
|-
|| ''=tuć''
|| circles, rings
|-
|| ''=ex''
|| buildings
|-
|| ''=mˁəδañ''
|| vehicles
|-
|| ''=xəβuq''
|| man-made things (pejorative)
|-
|| ''=ćep''
|| marks, like written characters, wounds, ...
|-
|| ''=uñqe''
|| important places and events
|}


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=== Sandbox ===
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