Tigol

Phonology

Based on the idea of "literally-read Irish".

Consonants

Old Tigal consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	plain	m m	n n		ŋ ŋ
	geminate		nn nː		ŋŋ ŋː
	aspirated	mh mʰ
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t		c k
	aspirated	ph pʰ	th tʰ		ch kʰ
	prenasalized	bp ᵐp	dt ⁿt		gc ᵑk
	voiced	b b	d d		g g
	breathy voiced	bh bʱ	dh dʱ		gh gʱ
	voiced prenasalized	mb ᵐb	nd ⁿd		ŋg ᵑg
Fricative	plain	f f	s s			h h
	aspirated	fh fʰ	sh sʰ
	prenasalized	mhf mʰf	nts nt͡s
	voiced		z z
	breathy voiced		zh zʱ
Liquid	plain		l l	r r̠
	geminate		ll lː	rr r̠ː

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	í /iː/			u /u/	ú /uː/
Mid	e /e/	é /eː/			o /o/	ó /oː/
Open			a /a/	á /aː/

Diphthongs: Diphthongs without the fada are short, diphthongs with the fada are long. Otherwise they're mostly read as written.

a in an unstressed syllable becomes e if the previous vowel ends in an /i/.