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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Antarctican is spoken in the far future, after
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| catastrophic global warming has rendered most of the world
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| uninhabitable, forcing survivors to flee to the land exposed by the
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| melting ice sheets in Antarctica. It's vocabulary is drawn from a
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| wide variety of existing languages, across many language families.</SPAN>
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| </P>
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| <H2 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Phonology</SPAN></H2>
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| <H3 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Vowels</SPAN></H3>
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">The vowel system is complex, with vowels
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| distinguished not only by quality but also by phonation (breathy,
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| modal and tense). Vowels with breathy phonation (marked with a
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| diaresis e.g. ṳ), are also pronounced with a lower than normal
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| pitch. Vowels with a tense phonation (marked with a tilde e.g. æ̰),
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| are pronounced with a higher than normal pitch.</SPAN></P>
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| <H4 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Monophthongs</SPAN></H4>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">There are 11 of these. 5 have modal voice, 5
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| have breathy voice, and one has tense voice.</SPAN></P>
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| <TABLE WIDTH=161 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>Front</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>Mid</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.04in">
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| <P>Back</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>High</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>i</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>ɨ̤</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P>ṳ</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P>o̤ o</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>Mid</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>ə̤</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>ɛ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P>ʌ̤ ɔ</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=32 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>Low</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=35 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>a̰ a</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=27 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=33 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| </TABLE>
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| <H4 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Diphthongs</SPAN></H4>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Diphthongs are divided into three categories,
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| "general", "opening" and "closing".
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| Opening diphthongs are only ever found in open syllables (syllables
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| that do not end with a consonant), closing diphthongs are only ever
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| found in closed syllables (syllables that end in a consonant), and
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| general diphthongs can be found in both.</SPAN>
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| </P>
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| <H5 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Opening Diphthongs</SPAN></H5>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">There are five of these: /aɛ/, /aɔ/, /aə̰/,
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| /ʌə̤/, /ʌo̤/. The first two of these (the modally voiced ones)
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| are more common than the last three, especially /ʌə̤/ and /ʌo̤/
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| (the breathy voiced ones).</SPAN></P>
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| <H5 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Closing Diphthongs</SPAN></H5>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">There are only two of these and they both have
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| modal voice: /ɛi/ and /ɔu/</SPAN>
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| </P>
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| <H5 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">General Diphthongs</SPAN></H5>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Most of the diphthongs in Antarctican fall into
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| this category. There are four with modal voice: /ai/, /au/, /ɔi/ and
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| /ɛu/. Another eleven have tense voice: /oṵ/, /eḭ/, /ɛə̰/,
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| /ɔə̰/, /aḭ/, /aṵ/, /ɔḭ/, /ɛṵ/, /ɛḭ/, and /ɔṵ/. And
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| six more have breathy voice: /ʌɨ̤/, /aṳ/, /oɨ̤/, /əṳ/,
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| /əi̤/, /oṳ/.</SPAN></P>
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| <P>
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| </P>
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| <H3 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Consonants</SPAN></H3>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">At most, there are 28 consonants that could be
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| considered phonemic:</SPAN></P>
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| <TABLE WIDTH=429 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=42 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Labial</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=57 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Alveolar</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=44 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Palatal</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=36 STYLE="border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0.04in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Velar</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=115 STYLE="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.04in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Glottal /
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| Placeless</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Nasal</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=42 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">m̥ m</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=57 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">n̥ n</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=44 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ɲ̥ ɲ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=36 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ŋ̥ ŋ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=115 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ɴ</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Stop</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=42 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">pʰ p</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=57 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">tʰ t</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=44 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">cʰ c</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=36 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">kʰ k</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=115 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ʔ</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Implosive</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=42 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ɓ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=57 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ɗ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=44 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=36 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=115 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Fricative</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=42 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">f</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=57 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">sʰ s</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=44 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ʃ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=36 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">x</P>
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| </TD>
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| <TD WIDTH=115 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">h</P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <TD WIDTH=85 STYLE="border-top: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in">
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Approximant</P>
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">w</P>
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">j</P>
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| </TD>
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| </P>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">Flap</P>
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| </TD>
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <P LANG="en-AU" STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">ɾ</P>
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| </TD>
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| <P STYLE="border: none; padding: 0in">
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| </P>
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| </TD>
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| </TR>
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| </TABLE>
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The implosives can only occur
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| between vowels, and only if the following vowel has tense voice.
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| </P>
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">11 of these consonants are classed as
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| "aspirated". These include not only the aspirated stops
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| /p<SPAN LANG="en-AU">ʰ/, /tʰ/, /cʰ/ and /kʰ/ and the aspirated
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| fricative /sʰ/, but also the voiceless nasals /m̥/, /n̥/, /ɲ̥/,
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| /ŋ̥/, as well as the fricatives /f/ and /h/. These consonants can
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| only occur before a vowel with modal voice.</SPAN></P>
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">
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| </P>
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">/ɴ/ only occurs in
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| syllable codas. It assimilates to the place of articulation of the
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| following consonant. Before /ʔ/, /h/ or at the end of phrases, it
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| simply nasalises the preceding vowel.</SPAN></P>
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">
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| </P>
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| <H3 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Phonotactics</SPAN></H3>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">There is only an extremely small number of
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| syllable shapes permitted, limited to syllables of the form C (j /w)
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| V (ɴ). Furthermore, /j/ can only occur after labial consonants. When
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| it occurs after /w/, the consonant cluster /wj/ is pronounced as a
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| labiodental approximant [ʋ], or sometimes a flap [ⱱ]. The
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| consonant cluster /jw/ is pronounced [ɥ].</SPAN></P>
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| <H3 CLASS="western"><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Chroneme</SPAN></H3>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">The chroneme is vary important in Antarctican
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| phonology (see here for an explanation:
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| <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroneme">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroneme</A>).
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| It can either attach to a vowel, or to the first consonant in a
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| syllable onset. In both cases the sound is lengthened. Whether or not
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| a word has a chroneme can distinguish words. So while /paxa/ is a
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| person's name, /paxːa/ means a fool or an abnormal person (kind of
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| like Mr. Bean) and /paːxa/ means a tout or a pimp.</SPAN>
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| </P>
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| <P><SPAN LANG="en-AU">Note that the chroneme cannot occur on the
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| first sound of a word, not the last sound. So neither /pʰːaxa/ nor
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| /pʰaxaː/ would be possible words. It can also only ever occur a
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| maximum of one time per word. So none of /paːxːa/, /paxːaː/ or
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| /paːxaː/ could be possible words. If the chroneme occurs on
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| a diphthong, the first element of the diphthong is lengthened e.g.
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| /ta̰saːḭ/ - steak, not /ta̰saḭː/.</SPAN></P>
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