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Revision as of 12:16, 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 - ä] |
| open | ||
| diphthongs | aa [aʌ̯], au [aɔ], ai [ai̯], ei [ei̯] | |
The phonemes ʌ and u are raised allophones of o and 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 | ||||||||
The rhotic is allophonically realized as a tap.
