Tatan

Tatan is the native language of the Tagani, also called the Ashikah, "born of wind and fire", a group of desert clans.

Phonology

Vowels

Phonemic 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

Phonemic 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 /l/