Pategian

Pategian (natively Tr'əəsi'uł /ʈʼəⁿsiʔʊɬ/) is a language spoken by the Pategian people in Tricin. It's inspired by Navajo, Hmong and Celtic.

Phonology

Consonants

m n nr b d dr dx dxr g ġ ' p t tł tr tłr k q p' t' tł' tr' tłr' k' q' f s sr ł łr kh qh h v z zr x xr gh w zh y /m n ɳ b d dɮ ɖ ɖɮ˞ ɡ ɢ ʔ p t tɬ ʈ ʈꞎ k q pʼ tʼ tɬʼ ʈʼ ʈꞎʼ kʼ q’ f s ʂ ɬ ꞎ x χ h v z ʐ ɮ ɮ˞ ɣ w ɻ j/

Notes

• Retroflexes are apical.
• Sequences of /ə/ followed by /m n ŋ/ are pronounced as syllabic consonants.

Vowels

i u e ə a ii uu ee əə aa /i ʊ e ə a iⁿ ʊⁿ eⁿ əⁿ aⁿ/ (IPA superscript indicates nasal vowels)

Phonotactics

Only V, CV, CVC allowed. Allowed syllable-final consonants: m n ɳ ŋ b d dɮ ɖ ɖɮʵ ɡ ʔ pʼ tʼ tɬʼ ʈʼ ʈɬʵʼ kʼ q’ f s ʂ ɬ ɬʵ x w zh j

Morphology

Nouns

Cases: nom, acc, inalienable, alienable (which is the same as dative)

Genders: animate, inanimate, attributive