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Heiro does not mean hand. Possession is formed in the following way:
Heiro does not mean hand. Possession is formed in the following way:
Possessor+small pause+possessed noun
Possessor+small pause+possessed noun/property
Requiem+small pause+qano=Requiem's treasures.
Requiem+small pause+qano=Requiem's treasures.
Also the audio of Bungie's gibberish should be replaced by a Spartan Ops audio file of Sangheili language.
Also the audio of Bungie's gibberish should be replaced by a Spartan Ops audio file of Sangheili language.[[User:The Master Builder|The Master Builder]] ([[User talk:The Master Builder|talk]]) 09:58, 23 August 2014 (EDT)
 
I can be more accurate if I use the International Phonetic Alphabet. There is no clue that Sangheili have imperative but I posted it for info to bemore aaccurate in case they have one. The change of pronunciation in some words can be justified by the fact that the Sangheili in Halo 4 are from different regions in different worlds. Like Jul and Get for instance. All non English characters are there todenote non eEnglish sounds. Also t has almost always a click before it. q and k denote different sounds. The English alphabet is inadequate to describe Sangheili phonology because most of their sounds do not exist in English/or can only be clearly expressed via the IPA.{{Unsigned|The Master Builder}}


== Translations of Sangheili Language's Species Names ==
== Translations of Sangheili Language's Species Names ==