Tapati

Tapati (đôrứs-kơ Tapátiub /dorɨ́ʂkə t̪æpǽt̪iub/ tongue-DEF.NOM Tapáti-DEF.GEN) is a Loisian Balkan language isolate inspired by Southern Vietnamese.

Phonology

• /i ɨ u e̞ ə o̞ æ ɑ/ i ư u e ơ o a w
• /p b f t̪ d t̪ʰ ʈ c k x/ p b ph t đ th q ch k kh
• /m n ɲ ŋ/ m n nh ng
• /v ð̞~z l r j ɣ/ v d l r j g
• /s ʂ h/ x s h

Japanese-like pitch accent

Grammar

Nouns

qale ‘human’ qe ‘egg’ nhoph ‘tree’, nhophkơ ‘the tree’, nhophư ‘trees’, nhophub ‘the trees’