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Mrah (from Mrah <'mhra> [m̥ʰɐrˈraː] meaning "what") is a language spoken on the other side of the continent the Namican languages are spoken in.
It has a rather unremarkable consonant inventory and a rather large vowel inventory of 2 x 5 vowels, organized in two vowel harmony sets:
/p t c k ʔ/ <p t c k 7>
/m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng>
/h/ <h>
/w r lʲ/ <w r l>

1: /i e æ o u/ <i e a o u>
2: /ɪ ɛ a ɔ ʊ/ <i e a o u>
The second harmonic set is marked by an apostrophe before the word.
Mrah syllable ( = word) structure is (S)C(R)V(V2)(N), where S = stops and nasals, R = liquids, V2 = {i u} (but sequences of two same consecutive vowels aren't allowed and become single vowels when underlying) and N = {ŋ, ʔ}

Verbs pt. 1



There is a TAM/evidential particle after the verb. Its template is evidential-subject+object person marking-tense after transitive verbs and evidential-subject person marking-tense after intransitive verbs (note: subject marks for number as well, object doesn't).
'kou m-n-aeat firsthand-1sg>3-prs
I eat it.
se p-l-orun hearsay-2sg>3-pst
You run.
Mang se m-r-a-ng 7-ri teMang run firsthand-3sg>3-prs 3.poss-house into
Mang runs into his house.