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==Phonology==
The '''Keric languages''' are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles.
===Consonants===
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Tigal consonants'''
|-
!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
!rowspan="3"|Nasal
!<small>plain</small>
| '''m''' m || '''n''' n || || '''ŋ''' ŋ ||
|-
!<small>geminate</small>
|  || '''nn''' nː || || '''ŋŋ''' ŋː ||
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''mh''' mʰ || || || ||
|-
!rowspan="4"|Stop
!<small>tenuis</small>
| '''p''' p || '''t''' t || || '''c''' k ||
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''ph''' pʰ || '''th''' tʰ || || '''ch''' kʰ ||
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' b || '''d''' d || || '''g''' g ||
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''bh''' bʱ || '''dh''' dʱ || || '''gh''' gʱ ||
|-
!rowspan="2"|Fricative
!<small>plain</small>
| '''f''' f || '''s''' s || || || '''h''' h
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''fh''' fʰ || '''sh''' sʰ || || ||
|-
!rowspan="2"| Liquid
!<small>plain</small>
| || '''l''' ɫ || '''r''' r̠ || ||
|-
!<small>geminate</small>
| || '''ll''' ɫː || '''rr''' r̠ː || ||
|}


===Vowels===
== Family tree ==
'''a e i o u á é í ó ú au áu eu éu ai aí oi ói ui uí iu iú aoi aeu'''
* Keric
** Ker/Qua
** Danishmandi
** Bri
** Gloob
 
== Phonology ==
=== Preinitial ===
Cə-, N- preinitials
=== Initials ===
p t ts c k ʔ
b d dz ɟ g
pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
m n ɲ
ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
w j
ˀw ˀj
ʰw ʰj
θ s ɕ h
 
=== Medials ===
j? l r
 
=== Nuclei ===
i ə u e a o
 
Nuclei could be either modal or creaky
 
=== Finals ===
p t k m n ŋ w j r ð
 
=== Postfinals ===
-ʔ -s
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