I actually stole that from a natlang (wasn’t /θ/, but it was a voiceless fricative cluster) but i can’t remember what language 😭 I think something in bolivia perhaps

Yes! but many of those languages are CV or CVN, so it may have been preference to open syllables rather click genesis was restricted to the onset, since there’s so many theories regarding click genesis to begin with

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number one option for the new name is: Ngoatelona [ŋgoateʟona] “the language of Ngoa”

They conceal the meaning by use of homophones, idioms, etc.

closest to ‘haber gato encerrado’ but I can’t think of the closest english one to that

since human babies babble differently, the onomatopeia only works / sounds right if you’re also a rodent lol

This is the word for the general concept of cremation. The word for the ceremony itself is formed from the expected noun incorporation: bone + to burn -> “xhavangun”

for reference the hierarchy is:

1. 1st person
2. 2nd person
3. 3rd person animate
4. 3rd person semi-animate & instrument
5. 3rd person inanimate
6. possessed nouns

if you want to raise someome above you (ex 2nd -> 1st) you use the politness marker and that triggers the inverse