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| colspan="3"|'''nasal''' || m || n || || || || || | | colspan="3"|'''nasal''' || m || n || || || || || | ||
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| − | | rowspan="3"|'''plosive / affricate''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''voiced'''</small> || || d | + | | rowspan="3"|'''plosive / affricate''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''voiced'''</small> || || d [d̻] || j [dʒ] || || g || || |
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| − | | <small>'''non-sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || p || t /t̻/ || || cj | + | | <small>'''non-sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || p || t /t̻/ || || cj [cç] || k || c [q] || |
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| − | | <small>'''sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || || || rowspan="2"|sch | + | | <small>'''sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || || || rowspan="2"|sch [ʂɕ] || || || |
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| − | | rowspan="2"|'''fricative''' || <small>'''sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || s | + | | rowspan="2"|'''fricative''' || <small>'''sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || s [s̻] || sh [ʃ] || || || |
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| − | | <small>'''non-sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || || || || colspan="2"|kh | + | | <small>'''non-sibilant'''</small> || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || || || || colspan="2"|kh [x] || rowspan="2"|h [h - ɦ] |
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| − | | rowspan="2"|'''approximant''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''central'''</small> || || colspan="2"| r | + | | rowspan="2"|'''approximant''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''central'''</small> || || colspan="2"| r [ɹ-ɾ̻] || || |
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| − | | colspan="2"|<small>'''lateral'''</small> || || colspan="2"| l | + | | colspan="2"|<small>'''lateral'''</small> || || colspan="2"| l || || || || |
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Revision as of 11:50, 8 May 2017
Tatan is the native language of the Tagani, also called the Ashikah, "born of wind and fire", a group of desert clans.
Phonology
Vowels
| front | central / back | |
|---|---|---|
| close | i | o [o - u] |
| close-mid | ||
| open-mid | e [ɛ] | a [ʌ - a] |
| open | ||
| diphthongs | aa [aʌ̯], au [aɔ], ai [ai̯], ei [ei̯] | |
/u/ is an allophone of /o/ and /ʌ/ is an allophone of /a/.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | |||||||
| plosive / affricate | voiced | d [d̻] | j [dʒ] | g | |||||
| non-sibilant | voiceless | p | t /t̻/ | cj [cç] | k | c [q] | |||
| sibilant | voiceless | sch [ʂɕ] | |||||||
| fricative | sibilant | voiceless | s [s̻] | sh [ʃ] | |||||
| non-sibilant | voiceless | kh [x] | h [h - ɦ] | ||||||
| approximant | central | r [ɹ-ɾ̻] | |||||||
| lateral | l | ||||||||
