Tatan
From Series Bible
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 | |
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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 | |||
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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/ |