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==Phonetics and phonology==

===Spelling===

Valian is written with the Latin script and has a very shallow orthography.

The following letters are used: '''a b d e g h i k l m n r o p r s t v y ä ë ü'''.

====Notes====

*All vowel graphemes can be doubled to represent the long version of the vowel.

*The consonants ⟨b d g⟩ represent the semi-voiced allophones ([b̥ d̥ g̥]) of the phonemes /p t k/ and occur only between vowels.

===Consonants===

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'''Notes''':

#{{IPA|[ŋ]}} only occurs as an [[w:Allophone|allophone]] of {{IPA|[n]}} before {{IPA|[k]}}, e.g. taankos {{IPA|[ˈtɑːŋg̥os̺]}}.

#{{IPA|[x]}} is a word-final allophone of {{IPA|[h]}} (e.g. ''~~ragah~~'' 'wound' [~~ˈrɑg̥ɑx~~]).

#{{IPA|[x]}} is a word-final allophone of {{IPA|[h]}} (e.g. ''aagah'' 'wound' [ˈɑːg̥ɑx]).

There is only one series of plosives in Valian. The archiphonemes ||p t k|| have various realisations depending on the phonological context in which they surface. Usually unaspirated, they may become aspirated at the end of sentences and in pausa, e.g.,non-final ''päht'' {{IPA|[pæht]}} (‘stone’) → sentence-final {{IPA|[pæhtʰ]}}). The plosives are furthermore lightly voiced between vowels and after /n/ /m/ /l/, e.g., ''sede'' {{IPA|[ˈsʲed̥ʲeˑ]}} (‘path’).

===Vowels===

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'''Notes''':

Word- and sentence-final short vowels are often pronounced slightly longer than their non-final counterparts (e.g. ''salma'' 'faith' [ˈsɑlmɑˑ]).

===Phonotactics===

==Morphology==

==Syntax==

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 ==Phonetics and  phonology==
+===Spelling===
+Valian is written with the Latin script and has a very shallow orthography.
+The following letters are used: '''a b d e g h i k l m n r o p r s t v y ä ë ü'''.
+====Notes====
+*All vowel graphemes can be doubled to represent the long version of the vowel.
+*The consonants ⟨b d g⟩ represent the semi-voiced allophones ([b̥ d̥ g̥]) of the phonemes /p t k/ and occur only between vowels.
 ===Consonants===
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 '''Notes''':
 #{{IPA|[ŋ]}} only occurs as an [[w:Allophone|allophone]] of {{IPA|[n]}} before {{IPA|[k]}}, e.g. taankos {{IPA|[ˈtɑːŋg̥os̺]}}.
-#{{IPA|[x]}} is a word-final allophone of {{IPA|[h]}} (e.g. ''ragah'' 'wound' [ˈrɑg̥ɑx]).
+#{{IPA|[x]}} is a word-final allophone of {{IPA|[h]}} (e.g. ''aagah'' 'wound' [ˈɑːg̥ɑx]).
 <!--#{{IPA|[lʲ]}} is encountered in free variation with {{IPA|[ʎ]}} in certain varieties of speech (e.g. Sanahta dialect ''leia'' 'while' {{IPA|[ʎeiɑˑ~lʲeiɑˑ]}}).-->
 There is only one series of plosives in Valian. The archiphonemes ||p t k|| have various realisations depending on the phonological context in which they surface. Usually unaspirated, they may become aspirated at the end of sentences and in pausa, e.g.,non-final ''päht''&nbsp;{{IPA|[pæht]}}&nbsp;(‘stone’)&nbsp;→&nbsp;sentence-final {{IPA|[pæhtʰ]}}). The plosives are furthermore lightly voiced between vowels and after /n/ /m/ /l/, e.g., ''sede'' {{IPA|[ˈsʲed̥ʲeˑ]}} (‘path’).
 ===Vowels===
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 '''Notes''':
 Word- and sentence-final short vowels are often pronounced slightly longer than their non-final counterparts (e.g. ''salma'' 'faith' [ˈsɑlmɑˑ]).
+===Phonotactics===
 ==Morphology==
 ==Syntax==