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Table of letters

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	\| /a/		\| /a/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Āā		\| Áá
	\| /aː/		\| /ɔ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Bb		\| Bb
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	\|-		\|-
	\| Cc		\| Cc
	\| /~~d͡z~~/		\| /t͡s/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Čč		\| Čč
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	\| /e/		\| /e/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ēē		\|Éé
	\| /eː/		\|/eː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ff		\| Ff
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	\|-		\|-
	\| Gg		\| Gg
	\| /g~ɣ/		\| /ɣ/, /ʝ/ before front vowels
			\|-
			\|Ǧǧ
			\|/d͡ʒ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Hh		\| Hh
	\| /x/		\| /x/, /ç/ before front vowels
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ii		\| Ii
	\| /i/		\| /i/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Īī		\|ie
	\| /iː/		\|/i̯e/
			\|-
			\|Íí
			\|/iː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Jj		\| Jj
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	\| Ll		\| Ll
	\| /l/		\| /l/
			\|-
			\|lj
			\|/ʎ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Mm		\| Mm
	\| /m/		\| /m/, /ɱ/ before labiodental consonants
	\|-		\|-
	\| Nn		\| Nn
	\| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ ~~otherwise~~		\| /n/, /ŋ/ before velar consonants
			\|-
			\|nj
			\|/ɲ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Oo		\| Oo
	\| /o/		\| /o/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ōō		\| Óó
	\| /ɔ/		\| /oː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Pp		\| Pp
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	\| /u/		\| /u/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ūū		\|uo
	\| /u:/		\|/ʊ̯ɔ/
			\|-
			\| Úú
			\| /uː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Vv		\| Vv
	\| ~~/βʷ/ in consonant clusters,~~ /v/ ~~otherwise~~		\| /v/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Xx		\| Xx
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	\|-		\|-
	\| Yy		\| Yy
	\| /i/		\| /ʏ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Zz		\| Zz
	\| /z/		\| /d͡z/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Žž		\| Žž
	\| /ʒ/		\| /ʒ/
	\|}

	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	~~\|+ Consonant digraphs~~
	\|-
	~~\| ni \|\| [ɲ]~~
	\|-
	~~\| li \|\| [ʎ]~~
	\|-
	~~\| gy \|\| [ç]~~
	\|}		\|}

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	===Verb phrase===		===Verb phrase===
	===Sentence phrase===		===Sentence phrase===
	~~===Dependent clauses===~~
	~~==='Be'===~~
	~~As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.~~
	~~The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.~~
	==Example texts==		==Example texts==
	==Other resources==		==Other resources==

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	\|-		\|-
	\| Žž		\| Žž
	\| [ʒ]		\| /ʒ/
	\|}		\|}

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	\| gy \|\| [ç]		\| gy \|\| [ç]
	\|}		\|}
	The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

	====Stress====		====Stress====

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	\|-		\|-
	\| Aa		\| Aa
	\| [a]		\| /a/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Āā		\| Āā
	\| [aː]		\| /aː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Bb		\| Bb
	\| [b]		\| /b/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Cc		\| Cc
	\| ~~[t͡s]~~		\| /d͡z/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Čč		\| Čč
	\| [t͡ʃ]		\| /t͡ʃ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Dd		\| Dd
	\| [d]		\| /d/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ee		\| Ee
	\| [e]		\| /e/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ēē		\| Ēē
	\| [eː]		\| /eː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ff		\| Ff
	\| [f]		\| /f/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Gg		\| Gg
	\| [ɣ~~] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise~~		\| /g~ɣ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Hh		\| Hh
	\| [x]		\| /x/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ii		\| Ii
	\| [i]		\| /i/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Īī		\| Īī
	\| [iː]		\| /iː/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Jj		\| Jj
	\| [j]		\| /j/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Kk		\| Kk
	\| [k]		\| /k/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ll		\| Ll
	\| [l]		\| /l/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Mm		\| Mm
	\| [m]		\| /m/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Nn		\| Nn
	\| [ŋ] before ~~''[k]'' or ''[g]''~~, [n] otherwise		\| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ otherwise
	\|-		\|-
	\| Oo		\| Oo
	\| [o]		\| /o/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ōō		\| Ōō
	\| [ɔ]		\| /ɔ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Pp		\| Pp
	\| [p]		\| /p/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Qq		\| Qq
	\| [k]		\| /k/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Rr		\| Rr
	\| [r]		\| /r/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ss		\| Ss
	\| [s]		\| /s/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Šš		\| Šš
	\| [ʃ]		\| /ʃ/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Tt		\| Tt
	\| [t]		\| /t/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Uu		\| Uu
	\| [u]		\| /u/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ūū		\| Ūū
	\| [u:]		\| /u:/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Vv		\| Vv
	\| [βʷ] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise		\| /βʷ/ in consonant clusters, /v/ otherwise
	\|-		\|-
	\| Xx		\| Xx
	\| [ks~~] at end of~~ word, [gz] otherwise		\| /ks/ word-finally, /gz/ otherwise
	\|-		\|-
	\| Yy		\| Yy
	\| [i]		\| /i/
	\|-		\|-
	\| Zz		\| Zz
	\| [z]		\| /z/
	\|-
	~~\| Żż~~
	~~\| [dz]~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| Žž		\| Žž

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	\| Aa		\| Aa
	\| [a]		\| [a]
			\|-
			\| Āā
			\| [aː]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Bb		\| Bb
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	\| [e]		\| [e]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Éé		\| Ēē
	\| ~~[e] at start of word,~~ [eː] ~~otherwise~~		\| [eː]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Ff		\| Ff
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	\| [i]		\| [i]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Íí		\| Īī
	\| ~~[i] at start of word,~~ [iː] ~~otherwise~~		\| [iː]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Jj		\| Jj
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	\| [o]		\| [o]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Óó		\| Ōō
	\| [o] ~~at start of word, [oː] otherwise~~		\| [ɔ]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Pp		\| Pp
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	\| [u]		\| [u]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Úú		\| Ūū
	\| [u] ~~at start of word, [uː] otherwise~~		\| [u:]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Vv		\| Vv
	\| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise		\| [βʷ] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
	\|-		\|-
	\| Xx		\| Xx

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	The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.		The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
	==Example texts==		==Example texts==
	~~The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red-be.PST near the river)~~

	~~The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)~~
	==Other resources==		==Other resources==
	<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->		<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->

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	In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.		In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

	===Morphology===		==Morphology==

	====Morphosynactic alignment====		====Morphosynactic alignment====

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	Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.		Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

	==Phonology and orthography==		===Phonology and orthography===
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ Alphabet (with IPA)		\|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
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	\| gy \|\| [ç]		\| gy \|\| [ç]
	\|}		\|}
			The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

	====Stress====		====Stress====
	In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.		In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

	==Morphology==		===Morphology===

	====Morphosynactic alignment====		====Morphosynactic alignment====
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	===Sentence phrase===		===Sentence phrase===
	===Dependent clauses===		===Dependent clauses===
	<!-~~- etc~~. ~~etc~~. -->		==='Be'===
			As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
			The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
	==Example texts==		==Example texts==
	The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red.~~be-~~PST near the river)		The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red-be.PST near the river)

	The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)		The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)

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	'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea.		'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.		Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.

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	Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.		Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

	===Phonology and orthography===		==Phonology and orthography==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ Alphabet (with IPA)		\|+ Alphabet (with IPA)