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*'''Tahalu''' is unique in the way names are used. 



== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===

*Plosives 

:'''p''' - /p/ | '''t''' - /t/ | '''k''' - /k/ | ''' ky ''' - /kj/

*Nasals 

:'''m''' - /m/ | '''n''' - /n/ | '''ng''' - /ŋ/ | '''my''' - /mj/ | '''ny''' - /nj/

*Fricatives 

:'''s''' - /s/ | '''wh''' - /ɸ/ | '''sy''' - /sj/

*Approximants 

:'''w''' - /w/ | '''l''' - /l/ | '''y''' - /j/ | '''r''' - /ɹ/ | '''ly''' - /ʎ/ | '''h''' - /ɰ/

=== Vowels ===

* '''a''' - /a/, /æ/ | '''e''' - /e/, /ɛ/ | '''i''' - /ɪ/, /i/ | '''o''' - /o/, /ɔ/ | '''u''' - /u/

=== Phonotactics ===

*'''Tahalu''' 

==== Syllable Structure ====

* (C)V(ng, m, n, p, t, k)

==== Syllable Stress ====

*'''Tahalu''' stress is  penultimate.

== Grammar ==

=== Word Order ===

* Word order is Verb Subject Object.

=== Names ===

*Names are either a single noun, a single adjective, or a noun and an adjective. They are strung together, and then inflected.

*For example, Ikyanta, from ‘ikyan’ rock, and has the naming suffix ‘ta’. The suffix is conjugated for age, gender and relationship, so if Ikyanta is a young girl who is a friend of the speaker, the name would be Ikyanlī.