Tizian

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Tizian is a modern Naquic language. It has more Basque than Naquian does. While phonologically conservative, its grammar has changed greatly from Naquian.

Phonology

Consonants

Tizian consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ qu /kʷ/ h /ʔ/
ejective th /tʼ/ ch /kʼ/
Affricate voiceless tz /ts̻/ ts /ts̺/ tx /tʃ/
ejective tzh /ts̻ʼ/ tsh /ts̺ʼ/ txh /tʃʼ/
Fricative z /s̻/ s /s̺/ x /ʃ/
Liquid l /l/
Approximant y /j/ hu /w/

Vowels

e > a > o > u before nasals

prestopped nasals and laterals?

ā ē ī ó ū > oa ea i u u