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e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]
e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]
====morphophonemic====
m- prefix ~n before t tʰ
===sandhi===
====dissimilatory processes====
*Semivowel exchange:
:A /w/ after /o/ will change to /j/, whilst /j/ after /i/ becomes /w/.  E.g. underlying |sʰwo-wt-| → /sʰwojt/ → [sʰwojta] 'meat'
*Semivowel dissimilation
: final /w/ becomes [kʰ] when followed by another word containing /w/ in the onset. E.g. /ʔjow ʕwan/ → [ʔjokʰ‿ʕwan]
===aphaeresis===
vowels occurring in positions with little stress might be reduced or deleted, e.g. /sanatakkʰa/ → [sənatakkʰa] / [snatakkʰa]
==prasadī==
==prasadī==
===da sentinz===
===da sentinz===
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*da interrogative intones σ<sup>13(4)</sup>
*da interrogative intones σ<sup>13(4)</sup>
==morphology==
==morphology==
===word classes===
===verbs===
===verbs===
do not inflect for subject


e.g. ''ʾikh ħwanta natakkha'' 'I hold that great valley' (Lit. 'that great valley hold')
====suffix====
=====y-suffix=====
The y-affix represents the conflation of the categories: non-present, non-past, unrealised, counterfactual, atelic, which we denote {{sc|unreal}}.
The affix will be infixed when it is so possible (glide position not occupied), else it will realise as -ay
e.g. ''takʰ'' + ''-y'' > ''taykʰ-'' but ''sawʕ'' + ''y'' > ''sawʕay''
====prefix verb extension====
====prefix verb extension====
=====s-prefix=====
=====s-prefix=====
=====h-prefix=====
=====h-prefix=====
=====m-prefix=====
=====m-prefix=====
stative


===determiners===
{| class=wikitable
|-
!{{sc|prox.}}!!{{sc|dist.}}
|-
|ʾakh||ʾikh
|}
===nomina===
===nomina===
====-t-====
====-t-====
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====reduplication as copulative====
====reduplication as copulative====
creates copulative form, e.g. ''yow'' 'shade' → ''yoyow'' '(Y) is shade'
creates copulative form, e.g. ''yow'' 'shade' → ''yoyow'' '(Y) is shade'
==syntax==
===noun phrasis===
====compounding====
* head-final
e.g. ''ʾyow tha'' 'speech of the shaded valley' (short for ''ʾyow ħwan tha'' lit. 'shade dale word')