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-Words in '''Pankristia''' come from the languages of humanity, but reflect the largely European and African origins of Christianity.
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-== Names vs. Roots ==
-Drawing on many languages for its vocabulary, some words are already ready to be used as nouns, because they end in a consonant.  These are assumed to be nouns, but they can be clarified with the '''-e''' ending as needed.  (e.g. '''maw''' and '''mawe''' are both ''cat''.)
-Most words are not ready to be used as anything because they end in a consonant cluster.  These require an affix to make clear what part of speech they are.  These are listed in the dictionary as ending in a hyphen, even though they are not prefixes.  Not all suffixes make sense in every context.
-* Nouns end in '''-e'''
-* Adjectives end in '''-i''
-* Adverbs end in '''-o'''
-* Active verbs end in '''-a'''
-* Passive verbs end in '''-u'''
-For example, '''abl-''' is a root in the dictionary, but not a word by itself.  '''able'' is ''an ability'' and ''abla'' is ''to be able to''.
-=== Exceptions ===
-The first major exception to this rule is numerals
-# 0 '''nol'''
-# 1 '''un'''
-# 2 '''dul'''
-# 3 '''tin'''
-# 4 '''car'''
-# 5 '''lim'''
-# 6 '''sis'''
-# 7 '''sem'''
-# 8 '''bal'''
-# 9 '''naw'''
-These exist in the plain form when used as predicates, and take an '''-i''' (on the final element) when used as adjectives.
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