Grammar
Some distinctive features of Laz among its family are:
- Two additional consonants, /f/ and /h/;
- All nouns end with a vowel.
- More extensive verb inflection, using directional prefixes.
- Substantial lexical borrowings from Greek and Turkic languages.
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