Loan words
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Loan word
In Taltal taxem many names are loan word.
Names for regions and companys are almost always loan word. While some titels like 'Queen' are considert loan words, names of people are not considered.
The sound of the word decides the the spelling of the word, unlike in english where loan words keep their original spelling.
Loan words are marked in the orthography, by adding 3 dots ontop of the forst letter of the word. In the romanisaton it is represeted by capitalising the first letter.
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Romanzation:
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‘Origin:Canada’