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/.