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| The '''Sani''' language, formerly called ''Lakhesian'' by the colonial power [[Shireroth]], is a Cosimo-Benacian language spoken by approximately 32-35 million people in [[Sanilla and Amarra|Sanama]] and [[Talenore]]. It is closely related to [[Ama language|Ama]] with which it has limited mutual intelligability. Around 25 million speakers can be found in Sanama, and 7.5 million in Talenore. It is an official language in Talenore and the main official language in Sanama. Sani is a mildly agglutinative language, it also has a wide array of particles.
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| ==Phonology==
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| (Under construction)
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| ===Consonants===
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| P T K Q X SH S F W WH R RH TH L LH H Y C CZ
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| ===Vowels===
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| Sani has six vowel phonemes. They do not contrast for length or nasality.
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| A E I O U Ë
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Syntax===
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| Sani is a subject-object-verb language, but due to case marking, the order is somewhat fluid.
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| ==Sani vocabulary==
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| Most of the Sani vocabulary is Cosimo-Benacian in origin, but the language has also borrowed words, mostly from [[Praeta]], [[Ama]] and more recently [[Istvanistani]].
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| [[Category:Languages]]
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