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+/p t k b d g s z ʃ  ʒ h w r ɹ j m n ŋ/
+<p t k b d g s z sh j h w r l y m n ń>
+/a e i o u/
+<a e i o u>
+
+(C)V(ŋ)
+
+mora timed.
+ŋ → may only appear in coda; is one mora. assimilates aggressively, including across word boundaries
+
+unvoiced plosives and fricatives (except for h) may be geminated. the extra consonant comprises a mora, e.g.
+(k)(ka) ← each mora is parethesized
+
+prosody:
+	the first syllable of a word is pronounced at a higher pitch
+	the last syllables of a word at the end of a sentence are pronounced at a lower pitch
+	
+typology:
+	SOV
+
+pronoun:
+	ka  → 1s
+	kai → 1p
+	ta  → 2s
+	tai → 2p
+	na  → 3s
+	nai → 3p
+	ra → demonstrative (singular/plural)
+	raie → reflexive
+	toshu → interrogative
+
+verb conjugation:
+	-i  → intransitive
+	-a  → transitive
+		an transitive verb has a subject and object, whereas an intransitive verb only has a subject.
+		verbs in these conjucations can be used
+			* as the main verb of the sentence
+				"ka kinegi toa" → "I am eating plants"
+			* to modify nouns in the sentence
+				"ka kinegi rezi toa" → "I am eating good plants"
+				"api surusukiń tinońmi teja saa" → "bees are insects that make a sweetner"
+	-u  → infinitive
+	-ui → infinitive intransitive
+	-ua → infininive transitive
+		the infinitive conjugations allow a verb to act as a noun. verbs conjugated with "-u" stand on their own, and those with "-ui" or "-ua" accept subjects and objects
+			"ka hosekui api herissa" → "my existence is related to bees"
+			"hoseku tou retu zea no hassa" → "eating is necessary for living"
+			"resha raie suttua rezi" → "people talking with each other is good"
+	-e  → imperative intransitive
+	-ea → imperative transitive
+		an imperative verb may only be used as the main verb of the sentence. the subject is omitted, as it is implicitly the listener.
+			"kumań toea" → "eat food"
+
+verb suffixes:
+	-tese → irrealis
+	-kka → passive
+	-seń → negative
+	-doma → comparative/superlative
+	-ppihu → excessive (rezu → "good"; rezuppihu → "too good")
+
+sentence/verb conjunction particles:
+	me → and
+	ni → or
+	iti → because
+	koń → so/and thus
+	taso → yet
+
+misc particles:
+	no → adverbialize
+		"no" followed by a verb phrase will modify the postceding verb adverbally, with the modified verb acting as the subject in the adverbial phrase.
+			"ka no kussi hoseki" → "I pitifully exist"
+			"ka api no zoyai no hańshi ya saa" → "I am only a bee in reality"
+	to → interrogative
+		"to tai api soa?" → "are you bees?"
+	tosokka → tag question
+		"na yasa tosokka?" → "it's funny, isn't it?"