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| = sounds =
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| * / ŋ ɲ ʃ ɦ ɬ ʔ ʷ ʲ ᵐ ⁿ ᵑ ˈ ː /
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| * á é í ñ ó
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| == consonants ==
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| == vowels ==
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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| !
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| ! align="center"|front
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| ! align="center"|back
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| ! align="left"|close
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| | align="center"|{{IPA|i, iː}}
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| |rowspan="2" align="center"|{{IPA|o, oː}}
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| |-
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| ! align="left"|mid
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| | align="center"|{{IPA|e, eː}}
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| ! align="left"|open
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| |colspan="2" align="center"|{{IPA|a, aː}}
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| |}
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| = nouns =
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| == pronouns ==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;"
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| !
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| !''singular''
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| !''plural''
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| ! ''first person''
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| | '''wa'''- || '''pwa'''-
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| ! ''second person''
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| | '''ni'''- || '''nti'''-
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| ! ''third person''
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| | '''o'''- ('''ho'''-) || '''ko'''-
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| = verbs =
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| * '''hi''' - arrive
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| * '''ka''' - do; make; cause
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| * '''la''' - go; move; walk
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| * '''na''' - know; understand
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| * '''ne''' - eat; drink; consume
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| * '''nya''' - see; look; watch
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| == verb modifiers ==
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| * '''-kí / nkí''' - complete past (“had eaten”)
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| * '''-pí''' - habitual past (“used to eat”)
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| * '''-yá''' - incomplete past (“ate”)
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| * '''-ká''' - imperative (“go!”)
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| * '''-lé''' - potential (“might go”)
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| * '''-má''' - interrogative mood
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| * '''-pá''' - ability (“can go”)
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| * '''-pwi''' - uncertain past (“perhaps ate”)
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| * '''-só''' - exhortative (“should go”)
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| * '''-té''' - future
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| = adpositionals =
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| * '''-haí''' - above or over
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| * '''-hwé''' - on; at; in
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| * '''-kaí''' - to; towards
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| * '''-myé''' - out of; away from
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| * '''-né''' - inside; within; into
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| * '''-nyí''' - through; across
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| * '''-pé''' - along; back to
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| * '''-pyá''' - over there
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| * '''-tsó''' - static location
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| * '''-wai''' - on top of
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| * '''-wé''' - under
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| = examples =
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| * '''ni-wa-na-má'''
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| : do you know me?
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| * '''o-nya-kí'''
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| : he had seen
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| * '''wa-ho-nya'''
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| : I look at her
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| * '''wa-la-té'''
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| : I will go
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| * '''nya-ká'''
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| : Look!
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| * '''ko-ho-na-pwi'''
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| : perhaps they knew him
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| * '''o-na-só'''
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| : she should know
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| * '''o-hi-pí'''
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| : she used to come
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| * '''ko-ne-yá'''
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| : they ate
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| * '''pwa-ko-nya-lé'''
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| : we might see them
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| * '''nti-wa-nya-pá'''
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| : you [pl] can look at me
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