Tizian
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Tizian is a modern Naquic language. It has more Basque than Naquian does. While phonologically conservative compared to e.g. Xaetjeon, its grammar has changed greatly from Naquian.
keau, tix, nax, tsu, tzalsi, huela,
Phonology
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, u /w/ |
Vowels
e > a > o > u before nasal + C
prestopped nasals and laterals?
ā ē ī ó ū > oa ea i u u