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| {{Infobox language|name=Kathyrian|family=Kathyric|era=today|scripts=[[Kathyrian alphabet]]|country=[[Kathyria]]|demonym=Kathyrian|endonym={{script|script=kathyr|t=Käþirjaĸen}} ''Käþirjaĸen''|number=1|usage=Non-law|lang-code=KTY|regulator=[[Katherine Awesome|katherine Awesome]]}}
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| '''Kathyrian''' (natively {{script|script=kathyr|t=Käþirjaĸen}} ''Käþirjaĸen'' [kəθɪjˈjɑkɛn]) is a language spoken in [[Kathyria, the Anarchic Queendom of|Kathyria]]. It officially uses the [[Kathyrian alphabet]].
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| == Phonology ==
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| Kathyrian is analyzed to have 31 consonants and 9 vowels. The consonant inventory is as follows:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+
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| ! colspan="2" |
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| !labial
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| !coronal
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| !palatal
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| !velar
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| !uvular
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| !glottal
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| |-
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| | colspan="2" |nasal
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| |m
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| |n
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| |ɲ
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| |ŋ
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" |stop
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| |voiceless
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| |p
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| |t
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| |k
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| |-
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| |sibilant
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| |p͡s
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| |t͡s
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| |t͡ʃ
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| |k͡s
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| |-
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| |voiced
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| |b
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| |d
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| |d͡ʒ
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| |g
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| |-
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| | rowspan="5" |fricative
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| |voiceless
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| |f
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| |θ
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| |χ
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| |h
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| |-
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| |sibilant
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| |s
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| |ʃ
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| |-
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| |lateral
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| |ɬ
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| |-
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| |voiced
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| |v
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| |ð
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| |ɣ
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| |ʁ
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| |-
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| |voiced sibilant
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| |z
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| |ʒ
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| |-
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| | colspan="2" |approximant
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| |w
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| |l
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| |j
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| |(w)
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| |}
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| And the vowel inventory is:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !
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| !front
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| !back
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| |-
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| |high oral
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| |i
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| |u
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| |-
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| |high nasal
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| |ĩ
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| |ũ
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| |-
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| |mid
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| |e
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| |o
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| |-
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| |low oral
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| |æ
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| |ɑ
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| |-
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| |low nasal
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| | colspan="2" |ã
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| |}
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| Stress is placed on the final syllable if it is open and has a non-low vowel. Otherwise, stress falls on the penultimate syllable. Monosyllabic words are always stressed.
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| == Orthography ==
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| Kathyrian has its own [[Kathyrian alphabet|alphabet]]. The alphabet has two forms for each letter: one for the start of proper nouns and each letter in an initialism, and one for every other situation. All three common orthographies are described in the table below. In the Anglo orthography, clusters are broken up with apostrophes where they might be confused with digraphs.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+
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| !phoneme
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| ! colspan="2" |native
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| ! colspan="2" |mixed
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| ! colspan="2" |anglo
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| |-
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| |m
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=M}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=m}}
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| |M
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| |m
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| |M
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| |m
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| |-
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| |n
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=N}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=n}}
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| |N
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| |n
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| |N
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| |n
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| |-
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| |ɲ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ñ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ñ}}
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| |Ñ
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| |ñ
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| |Ny
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| |ny
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| |-
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| |ŋ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ŋ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ŋ}}
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| |Ŋ
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| |ŋ
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| |Ng
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| |ng
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| |-
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| |p
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=P}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=p}}
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| |P
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| |p
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| |P
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| |p
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| |-
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| |t
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=T}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=t}}
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| |T
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| |t
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| |T
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| |t
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| |-
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| |k
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=K}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ĸ}}
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| |K
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| |ĸ
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| |K
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| |k
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| |-
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| |p͡s
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ψ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ψ}}
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| |Ψ
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| |ψ
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| |Ps
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| |ps
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| |-
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| |t͡s
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ƨ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ƨ}}
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| |Ƨ
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| |ƨ
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| |Ts
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| |ts
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| |-
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| |t͡ʃ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ċ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ċ}}
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| |Ċ
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| |ċ
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| |Ch
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| |ch
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| |-
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| |k͡s
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=X}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=x}}
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| |X
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| |x
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| |Ks
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| |ks
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| |-
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| |b
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=B}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=b}}
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| |B
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| |b
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| |B
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| |b
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| |-
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| |d
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=D}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=d}}
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| |D
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| |d
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| |D
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| |d
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| |-
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| |d͡ʒ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ġ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ġ}}
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| |Ġ
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| |ġ
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| |Dj
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| |dj
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| |-
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| |g
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=G}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=g}}
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| |G
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| |g
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| |G
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| |g
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| |-
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| |f
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=F}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=f}}
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| |F
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| |f
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| |F
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| |f
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| |-
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| |θ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Þ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=þ}}
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| |Þ
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| |þ
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| |Th
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| |th
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| |-
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| |χ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Q}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=q}}
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| |Q
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| |q
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| |Qh
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| |qh
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| |-
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| |h
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=H}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=h}}
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| |H
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| |h
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| |H
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| |h
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| |-
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| |s
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=S}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=s}}
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| |S
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| |s
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| |S
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| |s
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| |-
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| |ʃ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ṡ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ṡ}}
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| |Ṡ
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| |ṡ
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| |Sh
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| |sh
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| |-
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| |ɬ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Λ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=λ}}
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| |Λ
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| |λ
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| |Lh
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| |lh
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| |-
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| |v
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=V}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=v}}
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| |V
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| |v
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| |V
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| |v
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| |-
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| |ð
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ð}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ð}}
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| |Ð
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| |ð
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| |Dh
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| |dh
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| |-
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| |ɣ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ƣ}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ƣ}}
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| |Ƣ
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| |ƣ
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| |Gh
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| |gh
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| |-
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| |ʁ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=R}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=r}}
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| |R
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| |r
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| |R
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| |r
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| |-
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| |z
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Z}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=z}}
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| |Z
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| |z
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| |Z
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| |z
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| |-
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| |ʒ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ż}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ż}}
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| |Ż
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| |ż
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| |Zh
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| |zh
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| |-
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| |w
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=W}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=w}}
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| |W
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| |w
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| |W
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| |w
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| |-
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| |l
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=L}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=l}}
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| |L
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| |l
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| |L
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| |l
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| |-
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| |j
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=J}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=j}}
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| |J
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| |j
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| |Y
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| |y
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| |-
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| |i
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=I}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=i}}
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| |I
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| |i
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| |I
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| |i
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| |-
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| |u
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=U}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=u}}
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| |U
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| |u
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| |U
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| |u
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| |-
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| |ĩ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Į}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=į}}
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| |Į
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| |į
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| |In
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| |in
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| |-
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| |ũ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ų}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ų}}
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| |Ų
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| |ų
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| |Un
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| |un
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| |-
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| |e
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=E}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=e}}
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| |E
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| |e
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| |E
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| |e
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| |-
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| |o
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=O}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=o}}
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| |O
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| |o
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| |O
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| |o
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| |-
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| |æ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ä}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ä}}
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| |Ä
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| |ä
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| |Ae
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| |ae
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| |-
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| |ɑ
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=A}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=a}}
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| |A
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| |a
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| |A
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| |a
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| |-
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| |ã
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=Ą}}
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| |{{script|script=kathyr|t=ą}}
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| |Ą
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| |ą
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| |An
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| |an
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| |}
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| The mixed orthography will be used for the rest of this page.
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| == Grammar ==
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| === Syntax ===
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| Kathyrian is a null copula language. The word order is "addressee, questionparticle verb subject object". Generally, the head of a noun or verb phrase is at the start of the phrase; however, the adposition is a preposition. A numeral before a noun indicates the cardinal form, and a numeral after indicates the ordinal form.
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| === Morphology ===
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| Nouns are formed by attaching any of the four noun suffixes, depending on the situation:
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| !singular
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| !plural
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| |-
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| |definite
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| | -n / -en
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| | -es
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| |-
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| |indefinite
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| | -a
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| | -s / -as
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| |}
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| Verbs are formed using the following suffixes:
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| |+
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| !
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| !perfective
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| !imperfective
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| |-
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| |past
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| | -o / -do
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| | -ų / -nų
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| |-
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| |present
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| | -e / -de
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| | -į / -nį
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| |-
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| |future
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| | -ä / -dä
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| | -ą / -ną
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| |}
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| Adjectives are formed using the suffix -ĸ / -įĸ. Words that are inherently adjectives don't need this suffix. A word's meaning is negated by reduplicating the final syllable. The diminutive can be formed by either attaching the suffix -l / -el or by dropping unstressed syllables from the root. The augmentative is formed by using the suffix -ψ / -oψ.
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| === Pronouns ===
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| Kathyrian has four persons (the speaker, the listener, a third party, someone/something being asked about) and temporal pronouns. The temporal pronouns simply refer to a point in time. Below is a pronoun table.
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| ! colspan="2" |
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| !singular
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| !plural
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" |1st
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| |inclusive
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| | rowspan="2" |mi
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| |fti
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| |-
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| |exclusive
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| |vi
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" |2nd
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| |formal
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| |vos
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| |voz
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| |-
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| |informal
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| |tu
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| |tuz
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| |-
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| |intimate
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| |u
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| |uz
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" |3rd
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| |feminine
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| |ψi
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| | rowspan="3" |siz
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| |-
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| |neuter
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| |ƨi
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| |-
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| |masculine
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| |xi
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" |4th
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| |personal
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| |hwu
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| | rowspan="2" |hwaψ
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| |-
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| |impersonal
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| |qhar
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| |-
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| |indefinite
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| |hwor
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| |hworz
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| |-
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| | colspan="2" |temporal
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| |erhra
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| |erhraz
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| |}
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| [[Category:Language]] | | [[Category:Language]] |
| [[Category:Kathyria]] | | [[Category:Kathyria]] |
| | '''Page is under construction. Please be patient.''' |