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Vowel Scripts
ná thaq
{n\}
Here is the vowel script {n\} "ná thaq" which is prounced "an". If you combine the consonant {m} and the vowel script {n\}, you will write {mn\} and read it "man". Remember that the vowel script {n\} "ná thaq" is interchangable with {m\} "má thaq" or { M } (thè dhè tin) which are also prounced "an". If you combine the consonant {m} and the vowel script {m\}, you will write {mm\} and read it "man." If you combine {m} and { M } (thè dhè tin), you will write {mM} and read it "man." {n\} (ná thaq) {m\} (má thaq) and { M } (thè dhè tin) are used for different meanings. For example, {Sn\} means "rice" while {SM} means "hair" and {Sm\} does not mean anything at all. Also note that each nasalized vowel has three tones and tone marks are consistant: an auq ká mjiq is added for the low tone and shé gá pauq for the high falling tone. However, {m\} "má thaq" is never used for level tone and M thè dhè tin is never used for high falling tone. For example, see how {mn\} and {mM} could be written in three different tones.
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Listen how to spell out and read the following combinations:
| km\; | river bank | |
| kn\; | to be blind | |
| lm\; | street | |
| ln\; | to be fresh | |
| qn\ | to be strong | |