Purdan Purdan
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Type
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Agglutinative
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Alignment
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Tripartite
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Head direction
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Head-Final
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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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No
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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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Tense
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Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
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Bilabial
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Alveolar
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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/Epiglottal
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Glottal
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Nasal
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m̥ m
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n̥ n
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ɳ̊ ɳ
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ɲ̊ ɲ
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ŋ̊ ŋ
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ɴ
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Plosive
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p b
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t d
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ʈ ɖ
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c ɟ
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k g
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q ɢ
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ʡ
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ʔ
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Sibilant Fricative
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s z
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ʂ ʐ
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ɕ ʑ
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Non-Sibilant Fricative
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ɸ β
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θ̠ ð̠
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ɻ˔
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ç ʝ
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x ɣ
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χ ʁ
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ħ ʕ
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h ɦ
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Approximant
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ɹ̥ ɹ
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ɻ̊ ɻ
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j̊ j
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ɰ̊ ɰ
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ʔ̞
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Trill
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ʙ̥ ʙ
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r̥ r
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ɽ̊r̥ ɽr
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ʀ̥ ʀ
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ʜ ʢ
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Flap or tap
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ⱱ̟
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ɾ̥ ɾ
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ɽ̊ ɽ
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ɢ̆
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ʡ̆
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Lateral fric.
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ɬ ɮ
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ɭ̊˔ ɭ˔
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ʎ̝̊ ʎ̝
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ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝
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Lateral app.
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l̥ l
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ɭ̊ ɭ
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ʎ̥ ʎ
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ʟ̥ ʟ
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ʟ̠
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Lateral flap
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ɺ
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ɭ̆
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ʎ̆
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ʟ̆
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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[]
Example text[]