Phonology
Siar-Lak contains fifteen consonants, and five vowels, which does not include the mid-high vowel pronunciations of and . The vowel can be thought to be pronounced in between the high vowel and the mid vowel , as well as being in between the high vowel and the mid vowel , according to the native people in Papua New Guinea. ''ẹ'' can be written as ''é'', and ''ọ'' can also be written as ''ỏ''. Knowing which vowel is used when writing is critical, as two words that are similar can have completely different meanings. For example, means to 'carry in arms', while means 'to fly'. Also, has a meaning of 'to be able', while means 'sugarcane'.Stress and phonotactics
Stress is placed on the last syllable in each word. Examples of words broken down into syllables and translated include:Syllable structures
Siar Lak contains four different types of syllable patterns in their word vocabulary, which include V(vowel), VC(vowel consonant), CV(consonant vowel), and CVC(consonant vowel consonant). Some examples include:Numerical system
Orthography
Orthography is the way words are written, using the appropriate letters from a specific language while following usage rules. If the consonant phoneme is used at the beginning of a word, that word starts with an ''f'', but if it is found at the end of a word, it is then replaced with the letter ''h''. An example of this is ', which makes the phrase , meaning 'banana (plant)', but when it is found at the end of a word, as in ', it becomes , meaning 'fire'.Pronouns
Example sentence:Verb phrases
Two types of verb phrases include intransitive and transitive verbs. An intransitive verb is used when there is no direct object, while a transitive verb is used when there is a direct object action taking place. An intransitive verb for 'eat' would be , while a transitive verb for 'eat' would be .References
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