Sounds
Some characteristics of Chechen include its wealth of consonants and sounds similar to Arabic and the Salishan languages of Northern America and a large vowel system resembling those of Swedish and German.
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Lili: Sounds delicious.
Bill: I thought we’d go on a picnic.
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