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'''Tumacan''' (''Tȯmacav'') is a minority language in the Tigolic subbranch of the [[Talmic languages]]. It is notable for its relatively conservative verb system.
'''Thumaka''' is a minority Tigolic language, inspired by Romani. It is notable for its relatively conservative verb system.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
fortis resonants mm, nn, ńń, ŋŋ, ll, rr lenite to lenis resonants m, n, ń, ŋ, l, r
m "re-fortited": mh > m > mm
lenis nasals are denasalized
reanalysis of words beginning with f- as lenited forms of words beginning with p-
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
|-
!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental/Alveolar !! Medial !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
!colspan="2"|Nasal
| '''mm''' /m/
| '''nn''' /n/
| '''nny''' /ɲ/
| '''ŋŋ''' /ŋ/ ||
|-
!rowspan="3"|Stop
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''m, v''' /b/
| '''n''' /d/
| '''ŋ''' /g/ ||
|-
!<small>tenuis</small>
| '''b''' /p/
| '''d''' /t/
| '''g''' /k/ ||
|-
!<small>asp.</small>
| '''p''' /pʰ/
| '''t''' /tʰ/
|
| '''k''' /kʰ/ ||
|-
!rowspan="3"|Affricate
!<small>voiced</small>
|
|
| '''ny''' /dʒ/
| ||
|-
!<small>tenuis</small>
|
| '''j''' /ts/
| '''jh''' /tʃ/
| ||
|-
!<small>asp.</small>
|
| '''c''' /tsʰ/
| '''ch''' /tʃʰ/
| ||
|-
!rowspan="2"|Fricative
!<small>unvoiced</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''sh''' /ʃ/
| '''x''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|
| '''z''' /z/
| '''zh''' /ʒ/
| '''γ''' /ɣ/ ||
|-
!colspan="2"| Liquid
|
| '''r''' /ɾ/, '''rr''' /r/ || '''ṙ''' /r̝~ɹ/ |
|
|
|-
!colspan="2"| Approximant
| '''w''' /w/ || '''l''' /l/
| '''j''' /j/ || ||
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Something weird and asymmetrical
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
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