Wailaki language

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Phonology

The sounds in Wailaki:

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain sibilant lateral plain pal.
Nasal Template:IPA linkTemplate:Efn Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Plosive plain Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA linkTemplate:Efn Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
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Approximant Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA linkTemplate:Efn

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Vowels

Vowels in Wailaki are /i e a o/, and with length as /iː eː aː oː/.

Grammar

Wailaki is polysynthetic, meaning that a single word in it is expressed in English as a sentence.[1]

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