ed ▁largely ▁as ▁ra iders ▁and ▁th ieves ▁... ▁who ▁[ have ] ▁dis posed ▁of ▁... ▁st olen ▁goods " ▁through ▁" out side ▁associ ates ". ▁ ▁Z ide ▁adds ▁that ▁N ih ali ▁society ▁has ▁" long ▁been ▁mult iling ual , ▁and ▁uses ▁N ih ali ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁secret ▁language ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁ordin arily ▁revealed ▁to ▁out s iders " ▁and ▁that ▁early ▁research ers ▁" att empt ing ▁to ▁learn ▁the ▁language ▁were , ▁apparently , ▁deliber ately ▁re buff ed ▁or ▁mis led ". ▁ ▁Some ▁K ork u - spe akers ▁refuse ▁to ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁N ih ali ▁as ▁a ▁distinct ▁community , ▁and ▁describe ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁the ▁Ni hal is ▁as ▁resulting ▁from ▁a ▁dis ruption ▁of ▁K ork u ▁civil ▁society . ▁▁ ▁The ▁N ih ali ▁live ▁similarly ▁to ▁the ▁Kal to . ▁That ▁and ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Kal to ▁has ▁often ▁been ▁called ▁N ah ali ▁led ▁to ▁confusion ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁languages . ▁ ▁Ph on ology ▁▁ ▁L ength ening ▁of ▁v ow els ▁is ▁ph on em ic . ▁The ▁v ow els ▁[ e ] ▁and ▁[ o ] ▁have ▁lower ▁vari eties ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁morph emes . ▁ ▁Nas al ization ▁is ▁rare ▁and ▁tends ▁to ▁occur ▁in ▁borrow ed ▁words . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁ 3 3 ▁con son ants . ▁Un asp ir ated ▁stops ▁are ▁more ▁frequent ▁than ▁asp ir ated ▁stops . ▁ ▁Lex