| Pronunciation — Consonants that English and Samala Share | |
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| Most of the consonants of Samala also show up in English. Here are the consonants that are spelled the same in both languages: | ||||
| h |  haku |
"hello" |  |
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| muhu |
"horned owl" | |||
| k | ku |
"person" | ||
| takak |
"quail" | muhu | takak | |
| l | wil |
"to be, exist" |  |
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liy k |
"middle, center" | |||
| m | mk |
"far; far away" | ||
| tomol |
"canoe, boat" | liyk |
tomol | |
| n | nowon |
"to stand" |  |
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| n |
"fire" | |||
| p | pu |
"hand, arm" | ||
 ap |
"house" | n |
pu | |
| s | mes |
"to cross over" |  |
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| sa |
"tooth" | |||
| t | iti |
"here" | ||
| tw |
"seal" | sa | tw |
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| w | malawa |
"eight" |  |
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| wil |
"to be, exist | |||
| y | ya |
"arrow" | ||
| ayatulutul |
"butterfly" | malawa | ayatulutul |
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Consonants written
with special symbols: c,
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| Three consonant sounds that occur in both Samala and English are written phonetically in Samala rather than with regular English spelling. They could be written as in English, but this creates problems with some of the more complicated sound sequences you'll learn later. | ||||
| c = "ts" | cu |
"sound of a kiss" |  |
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| icumu |
"to point (at/to)" | |||
= "ch" |
ki |
"like, as" | ||
| huu |
"dog" | icumu |
huu |
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= "sh" |
oyin |
"black, dark" |  |
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| mi |
"to cry, weep" | |||
| The two symbols with the wedge are called "C wedge" and "S wedge." | ||||
| oyin |
mi |
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