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== Anthropology ==
== Anthropology ==
{{Main|Folksprak/Anthropology}}
{{Main|Folksprak/Anthropology}}
The language can easily be understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 110 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English which is nearly-Germanic) without much teaching. For example, a native speaker of German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language, can understand a sentence like {{Rune|ᛁᛣᛣ ᚻᚪᚹ ᛋᛣᚱᛁᚹᛏ ᛖᚾ ᛞᛖ ᛒᚢᛣ}}/Ik hav skrivt en de buk with little or no thought.
The language can easily be understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 110 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English which is nearly-Germanic) without much teaching. For example, a native speaker of German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language, can understand a sentence like {{Rune|ᛁᛣᛣ ᚻᚪᚹ ᛋᛣᚱᛁᚹᛏ ᛖᚾ ᛞᛖ ᛒᚢᛣ}}/'''Ik hav skrivt en de buk''' with little or no thought.


Design goals include
Design goals include
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! Unvoiced Stop
! Unvoiced Stop
| /p/ || /t/  || */θ~ð/  || /k/  ||  
| /p/ || /t/  ||   || /k/  ||  
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! Voiced Fricative
! Voiced Fricative
| /v/  || */z/  || || ||
| /v/  || */z/  || */θ~ð/ || ||
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! Unvoiced Fricative
! Unvoiced Fricative
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! Approximant
! Approximant
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! Lateral
! Lateral
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
There are twelve vowels, six short and six long.  All vowels raise when they lengthen, except'''a''', which moves further back.  A vowel is long when it is:  
There are twelve vowels, six short and six long.  All vowels raise when they lengthen, except '''a''', which moves further back.  A vowel is long when it is:  
# stressed '''''and'''''
# stressed '''''and'''''
# followed by no more than a single consonant
# followed by no more than a single consonant
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! Low
! Low
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| <tt>/a/ /äː/</tt> {{Rune|ᚪ}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| <tt>/ä/ //</tt> {{Rune|ᚪ}}
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see also [[Folksprak/Swadesh]]
see also [[Folksprak/Swadesh]]


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