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(ngi ni)
/'ŋin/
(Th ' B L)
/'θəb.bəl/ (Pashkhaara: /'tʰʌb.bʌl/)
In the culture that speaks this language, adulthood is not attained automatically upon reaching a certain age, but rather is conferred as a rite (albeit a near-universal one that typically occurs around the same time that a person in our world would legally and socially come of age).