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==Pronunciation table==
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; width:1600px;"
! colspan="6" | <center>पेमु॓को<br>peműko<br>(labial)</center>
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! colspan="6" | रीसु॓कॊ<br>riisűko<br>(dental)
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! colspan="6" | मुइतु॓को<br>muitűko<br>(alveolar)
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! colspan="6-" | भइनु॓को<br>vainűko<br>(palatal)
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! colspan="2" | 
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! colspan="6" | च्युस्वे॓नोस् <br>ṡ̨uuše̋nos<br>(vowels with प)
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! colspan="3" | नि॓थो  च्युस्वे॓नोस्  <br>nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos''' <br>(weak vowels)
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! <center>p</center>
! b
! f
! v
! m̃
! m
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! t
! d
! þ
! ð
! ɫ
! l
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! ṡ
! ż
! s
! z
! r
! n
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! k
! g
! x
! [[Wikipedia:Gha|ƣ]]
! h
! [[Wikipedia:Yogh|ȝ]]
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! š
! s̨
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! i 
! e
! a
! [[Wikipedia:O|ɔ]]
! o
! u
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! ĭ
! ĕ
! ŭ 
|-
! <center>प</center>
! ब
! फ
! भ
! म़
! म
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! त
! द
! थ
! ध
! ल़
! ल
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! च
! ज
! स
! स़
! र
! न
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! क
! ग
! क़
! [[Wikipedia:Gha|ग़]]
! ह
! [[Wikipedia:Yogh|य]]
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! स्व
! स्य
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! इ ई<br>पि पी
! ए एै<br>ए पै
! अ आ<br>प पा
! ऒ ॵ<br>पॊ पॏ
! ओ औ<br>पो पौ
! उ ऊ<br>पु पू
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! पं
! पऺ
! पॅ 
|-
| /p/
| /b/
| /ɸ/
| /β/
| /m̥/
| /m/
!
!
| /t/
| /d/
| /θ/
| /ð/
| /l̥/
| /l/
!
!
| /ʦ/
| /ʣ/
| /s/
| /z/
| /ɾ̥/
| /n/
!
!
| /k/
| /g/
| /ç/
| /ʝ/
| /j̊/
| /j/
!
!
| /sʷ/
| /sʲ/
!
!
| /i/
| /e/
| /ä/
| /ɒ/
| /o/
| /u/
!
!
| /ɪ/
| /ɛ/
| /ʊ/
|}


==Glossing abbreviations==
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:left; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
| 1s/p = 1st person singular/plural
| ABL = [[Wikipedia:Ablative case|ablative suffix]]
| COL = [[Wikipedia:Collective noun|collective]]
| F = feminine
| INT = intensive prefix
| PRV = [[Wikipedia:Privative|privative prefix]]
| SUP = [[Wikipedia:Supine|supine]]
|-
| 2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural
| ABS = absolutive<br>(an unmarked modifying adjective)
| DES = [[Wikipedia:Desiderative mood|desiderative]]
| FRQ = [[Wikipedia:Frequentative|frequentative]]
| LAT = [[Wikipedia:Lative case|lative suffix]]
| PST = past
| TRZ = transitivizer
|-
| 3 = 3rd person
| ADV = adverb
| DIM = diminutive
| FUT = future
| LOC = [[Wikipedia:Locative case|locative suffix]]
| REV = [[Wikipedia:Opposite (semantics)|reversive]]
| VOC = vocative particle
|-
| A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)
| AG = [[Wikipedia:Agent (grammar)|agent]]
| ELIS = [[Wikipedia:Elision|elision]]
| IMP = imperative
| M = masculine
| Q = [[Wikipedia:Interrogative word|interrogative particle]]
| YNG = young
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| G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)
| AP = agent (active) participle
| ELT = [[Wikipedia:Elative case|elative]]
| INC = [[Wikipedia:Inchoative aspect|inchoative]]
| OCC = occupation suffix
| QUOT = direct quotation
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|-
| N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)
| AUG = augmentative
| EP = [[Wikipedia:Epenthesis#As a grammatical rule|epenthesis]]
| IND = indicative
| PP = patient (past) participle
| RPR = recent perfective
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|-
| V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)
| CAUS = [[Wikipedia:Causative|causative]]
| EQU = equative degree
| INS = instrument
| PRF = perfect
| SBJ = subjunctive
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|}


==Text==
<center>'''atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e siia̋m̃lo''' – Tao Te Ching<br><br>''The Book of the Way and the Power''<br><br>'''Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo'''<br>''English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin''</center>

*English Text
*Devanāgari Text
*Senjecan Translation
:Gloss

*True leaders are hardly known to their followers.
*           
*'''m̃e̋e̋ru ne̋e̋ilus eȝu-daƣlűm o ááru ṡa̋naþos ı̋la:'''
:{|
!m̃e̋e̋ru-Ø||ne̋e̋i-l-us||eȝu=daƣ-l-űm||o||ááru||ṡa̋n-a-þ-os||ı̋l-a
|-
|true-ABS||lead-AG-N.p||their=follow-AG-G.p||to||hardly||know-IND-PP-N.p||become-IND
|}


*Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire;
*           
*'''éȝun da̋gantu ne̋e̋ilu' sus—táun le̋uðu ṡa̋nak̬e de̋kak̬e—e̋sa:'''
:{|
!éȝ-on||da̋g-a-ntu-Ø||ne̋e̋i-l-u-'||s-us||tá-un||le̋uð-u||ṡa̋n-a=k̬e||de̋k-a=k̬e||e̋s-a
|-
|3-N.p||follow-IND-AP-ABS||lead-AG-N.s-ELIS||this-N.p||which-A.p||people-N.s||know-IND=and||admire-IND=and||be-IND
|}


*after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.
*           
*'''éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-na̋a̋a. éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-va̋isa:'''
:{|
!éȝ-on||da̋g-a-ntu-Ø||n-us||tá-un||e=na̋a̋-a||éȝ-on||da̋g-a-ntu-Ø||n-us||tá-un||e=va̋is-a
|-
|3-A.p||follow-IND-AP-ABS||that-N.p||which-A.p||PST=fear-IND||3-A.p||follow-IND-AP-ABS||that-N.p||which-A.p||PST=despise-IND
|}


*To give no trust is to get no trust.
*           
*'''ne̋a e̋ira dőőu ne̋a e̋iram ga̋u e̋sa:'''
:{|
!ne̋a-Ø||e̋ir-a||dőő-u||ne̋a-Ø||e̋ir-am||ga̋-u||e̋s-a
|-
|no-ABS||trust-N.s||give-SUP||no-ABS||trust-A.s||get-IND||be-IND
|}


*When the work's done right, with no fuss or boasting, ordinary people say, Oh, we did it.
*           
*'''méti da̋a̋ro m̃éérvi þűkaþo ı̋la. paka̋sm̃e ƥa̋vum̃e sána. gűm̃u le̋uðu te̋e̋a: aa̋. m̃us éȝom e-kı̋a⁝'''
:{|
!méti||da̋a̋r-o||m̃éér=vi||þűk-a-þ-o||ı̋l-a||pak-a̋s=m̃e||ƥa̋v-u=m̃e||sána||gűm̃u-Ø||le̋uð-u||te̋e̋-a||aa̋||m̃-us||éȝ-om||e=kı̋-a
|-
|when||work-N.s||right=ADV||complete-IND-PP-N.s||become-IND||fuss-G.s=or||boast-SUP=or||without||ordinary-ABS||people-N.s||say-IND||oh||1p-N||3-A.s||PST=do-IND
|}

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