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-The '''Dọrêmì languages''' is a language family of polysyllabic tonal languages mostly native to Imrnga. It has two subbranches corresponding to different syllable shapes, called the Dọ branch and the Ùt branch in Dọrêmì linguistics from the words for '1' Proto-Dọrêmì was a polysyllabized monosyllabic tonal language with many homophonous morphemes, much like Mandarin.
+The '''Dọrêmì languages''' are a language family of polysyllabic, predominantly agglutinative tonal languages mostly native to Angai Southeast Asia. It has two subbranches corresponding to different syllable shapes, called the Dọ branch and the Ùt branch in Dọrêmì linguistics from the words for '0'. Proto-Dọrêmì was a polysyllabized monosyllabic tonal analytic language with many homophonous morphemes, much like Mandarin.
-Numbers are ''dọ rê mì fā sỏ lá ti...'' in one language (from *Rot zhe mei pat sau leng ti...)
+Numbers are (from 0) ''dọ, rê, mì, fā, sỏ, lá, ti, tirê, timì, tifā, tisỏ, tilá, mìti, mìtirê, mìtimì, mìtifā, mìtisỏ, mìtilá, fāti, ...'' in one language (from *Rot zhe mei pat sau leng ti...)
+== Family tree ==
+* Doremi
+** Dọ (CV only)
+*** Okopi
+** Ùt (VC only)
+*** Ùpút
 == Phonology ==
+possible syllables
 === Initials ===
+initials
 r - a retroflex flap
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 zh - approximants
+null initial
 === Rimes ===
 Vowels are i e a o
-Coda consonants: p t k m n ng j w
+Coda consonants: p t k m n ng j w null
+Tones are identical to Cantonese (but only 2 entering tones)
+There are 138 possible rimes, including tone:
+-i123456 -im123456 -in123456 -ing123456 -ip16 -it16 -ik16 -iu123456
+-e123456 -eng123456 -ek16 -eu123456 -ei123456
+-a123456 -am123456 -an123456 -ang123456 -ap16 -at16 -ak16 -au123456 -ai123456
+-o123456 -on123456 -ong123456 -ot16 -ok16 -ou123456 -oi123456
+m-, l-, zh-, r- cannot cooccur with low-tone rimes, excluding 4*69=306 syllables
+== Lexicon ==
+Just calque Mandarin and Sino-Korean
-=== Tones ===
+* lik1 'dog' (견)
-Identical to Cantonese
+* zho3 'to love' (애)
+* sau4 'to play' (완)
+* ip6 'to move' (동)
+* koi5 'object, material' (물)
+* ip6koi5 'animal'
+* zho3sau4ip6koi5 'pet'
+* zho3sau4lik1 'pet dog'
+** Okopi ''ro³³so¹¹li⁵⁵'' 'dog'