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1.1 Vowels FrontBackUnroundedRoundedCloseShorti~ɪ ⟨i⟩y~ʏ ⟨y⟩u~ʊ ⟨u⟩Longiː ⟨ii⟩yː ⟨yy⟩uː ⟨uu⟩Near-CloseShortʊ~ɤ ⟨ü⟩Longʊː…
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2.1 Vowel Harmony and Reduction Tailaa has the phenomenon called vowel harmony, which restricts the cooccurrence in a wo…
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3.1 Parts of the Noun Phrase Tailaa nouns are extensively declined. They do not have grammatical gender, not even in per…
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4.1 Parts of the Verb Phrase Tailaa verbs are conjugated via four aspectual and four tense endings and marked by persona…
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5.1 Adjectives Tailaa adjectives and other modifiers are syntactically subordinate to the noun or verb phrase it modifie…
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6.1 Overview Function words are words that have little lexical meaning that express grammatical relationships among othe…
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7.1 Basic Word Order The syntax of Tailaa is head-initial, with adjectives and almost all modifiers and similar particle…
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