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Kusamūtarelian Dialect of Kalovanian and its regional variants.

  The Kalovanian speakers from Kusamūtarel refer to themselves as Kusamūtarelāmi but still refer to Kalovanian as Kalovā. The /r/ sound becomes /ʁ/ The /h/ sound becomes /x/ and gets completely removed when it appears in the middle of the word and the previous vowel is extended (Ex: Raha (Money) becomes Rā). Älä replaces Bu (No, not, negative prefix added to verbs). Äläkanōketoāmi (Disabled person) replaces Bukanōketoāmi. The /d͡ʒ/ sound becomes /ʒ/ (ex: Džini (Jeans) becomes Žini) The /u/ and /ʉ/ sound is replaced by /y/ or /øi/ and /øy/ Ly replaces Lu (Tooth). Göyni replaces Guni (Brain). Köizeplöige replaces Kusebluke (Garden). Myy replaces Mū (First person pronoun singular: I, me, my mine), Syy replaces Sū (Second person pronoun singular: You, your yours), Gyy replaces Gū (Third person pronoun singular), Myyadži replaces Mūači (First person pronoun plural: We, us, our, ours), Syyadži replaces Sūači (second personal plural: you all, yours,), Gyyadži replaces Gūači (Third person ...