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| '''open-mid''' || e [ɛ] || rowspan="2"|a [ʌ - a]
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| '''open-mid''' || e [ɛ] || rowspan="2"|a [ʌ - ä]
 
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/u/ is an allophone of /o/ and /ʌ/ is an allophone of /a/.
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The phonemes ʌ and u are raised allophones of o and a.
  
 
=== Consonants ===
 
=== Consonants ===

Revision as of 13:15, 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

Phonemic Vowels
front central / back
close i o [o̞ - 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

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

The rhotic is allophonically realized as a tap.