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https://sona.pona.la/wiki/User:CosmicPython%2Fgisi_gisi> Statistics >Letter CountEtymology
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Phonologya30Vietnamese 5
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BilabialCoronalVelarGlottale24a priori4
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Plosivepk' (ʔ)i23Spanish 3
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Nasalmng (ŋ)u23Tagalog 3
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FricativesArmenian 2
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Approximantls25Cantonese 2
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k18English 2
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FrontBackn18Hebrew 2
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Closeiup15Maōri 2
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Opene (æ)a (ɑ)l15
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'14Arabic Avestan
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CV(s/N)(N)asal coda is -n at the end of words, assimilated otherwiseg13Basque Bulgarian
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assimilation is explicitly spelled out
e.g. pankan > pagkan
m11Esperanto Finnish
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BilabialCoronalVelarGlottalForest Nenets Georgian
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Plosive-mp--gk--g'-Glosbe toki pona dictionary Greek
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Nasal-m--n--g-Greenlandic Guaraní
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Fricative-ns-Hawaiian Indonesian
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Approximant-nl-Irish Iñupiaq
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Japanese Javanese
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GrammarLatvian Malay
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SUBJECT 'i OBJECT si VERBMalayalam Polish
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"ka X" connects between two noun phrases (similar to pi)Russian Swahili
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"menu si paka ka sesli silen" = people move on the roadThai Turkic
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"menu ka sesli silen si paka" = people on the road moveWelsh toki pona
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"me X" connects between two clauses (similar to la/alu..?)
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"nepa'u si kepus me las'e lus si kipa" - trees die because the light is gone
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marked predicates can be empty if contextually inferred OR to omit information
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"g pes si paka""kemu si""uge 'i si gisi"
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what moves?you exist / you arei say (unspecified)
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Imperative:ka 'ispi SUBJECT ...
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Vocative:ka kemu ___ before or after. mark subject with pes if before
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Interrogative:questioned part goes to front, clause preceded with "g"
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"g si pes kemu" = sina seme?
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"g *si paka* pes kemu ʻi 'ales ʻuge" = did you *move* my vase?
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reduplication can indicate plurality or intensity
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"gisi gisi" = very communicative; "menu menu" = many people
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