1.0 Camizawi phones and phonotactics! What do they do? Do they do things? Lets find out
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Nasals: m, n
Stops: p, b, t, d, k, g
Fricatives: f, s, z, sz (ʃ~ʒ), c (tʃ~dʒ)
Approximants: w, l, r, j
Vowels: i, e, a, u
Dipthongs: ie, iu, ei, ea, ai, au, ui, ue, ua

The maximum syllable structure can be: (C)(L)V + N, where
C is any consonant,
L is a Fricative or Approximant, usually at the same place of articulation as the consonant it follows (e.g, "ts" or "pw"), though this is not a definite rule.
V is any vowel
and a Nasal, only at the end of a word.
Any fricative following a voiced stop will also be voiced.

There are a few clusters that are not allowed. These are:
*(labial)f, *(dental stop)č, *(dental stop)l, *(dental stop)r. In these cases, the phoneme in brackets will be lost.
*nw -> mw,
All vowel combinations not listed under Dipthongs are not allowed. If there's no other possibility when two vowels must meet, the secondary vowel is dropped.

A final M may sometimes be laxed into a W, though only in a few words - most notably the name of the culture, Camizaw. This laxing will only happen on very common words.

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