Kauf's proto-language
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Agglutinative
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| Alignment
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Ergative
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| Head direction
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Initial
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| Tonal
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Yes
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| Declensions
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Yes
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| Conjugations
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Yes
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| Genders
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1
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| Nouns decline according to...
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| Case
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Number
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| Definiteness
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Gender
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| Verbs conjugate according to...
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| Voice
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Mood
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| Person
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Number
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Aspect
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| Meta-information
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| Progress
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0%
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| Statistics
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| Nouns
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0%
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| Verbs
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0%
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| Adjectives
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0%
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| Syntax
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0%
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| Words
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of 1500
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[[User:|]]
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Classification and Dialects
Phonology
Because you wrote "Русский" with one "с".
Consonants
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Bilabial/Labiodental
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Dental
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Retroflex
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Palatal
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Velar
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Uvular
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Pharyngeal
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Glottal
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m mʲ
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n nʲ
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ɳ ɳʲ
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ɲ
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ŋ
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p b pʲ bʲ
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t d tʲ dʲ
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k g kʲ gʲ
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q ɢ
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ʔ
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f v fʲ vʲ
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θ s z θʲ sʲ zʲ
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ʂ ʐ
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ɕ ʑ
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x ɣ xʲ ɣʲ
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χ
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h ɦ
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| Affricate
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ts dz tsʲ dzʲ
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tʂ dʐ
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tɕ dʑ
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β
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ɻ
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j
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ɰ w
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Vowels
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Front
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Near-front
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Central
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Near-back
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Back
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Phonotactics
Writing System
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Grammar
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Lexicon
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