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Want to try your hand at a little language learning and analysis?  The data below is from my language learning notes. See if you can figure out how to make the plural of the mmm-BELLY-may word for "fish".  Post it in the comments to see if you're right, don't worry about the exact characters, I'll know if you got it or not.

 

English	mmm-BELLY-may singular	mmm-BELLY-may plural
goat	kÿÞ buÎoÎkÿ	siî buÎoÎsi
cat	kÿÞ nýÎnÎtikÿ	siî nýÎnÎtiîsi
fish	kÿÞ paÎakÿ	????

 

Notes:  The backwards “c” – ý-  is pronounced like the vowel in “ cot.”  The backwards “3” -ÿ- is pronounced like the vowel in “bed.”  The lines above the vowels mark tone.  Ask me about tone after I’ve had a few more months to study it back in Benin!