Verse:Hmøøh/Rencad
Tigal is a West Talmic language inspired by Irish (mutations) and German (umlaut).
1: cēm > ciamh 2: tithōr > tüthar 3: narge > nerg-L 4: dhaufe > dő-L 5: salir > selar 6: stām > stámh 7: rōde > rüadh-L 8: lorethe > lörath-L 9: farve > erbh-L 10: ħiōr > iar
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Lateral | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||
| Stop/Affricate | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | g /k/ | |||
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f, ph /f/ | s /s/ | th /ɬ/ | ch /x/ | sh /h/ | |
| voiced | bh /v/ | z /z/ | dh /ɮ/ | r /ʁ~ʀ/ | |||
| Approximant | l /l/ | mh /w/ | |||||
Consonants: m n ŋ <m n ŋ> p t k <b d g> pʰ tʰ kʰ <p t c> f s ɬ x h <f s - - -> v z ɮ <- z -> w l ʀ~ʁ <- l r> Mutations: normal: m p t k pʰ tʰ kʰ f s z <m b d g p t k f s z> lenition: w v ɮ 0 f ɬ x 0 h 0 <mh bh dh gh ph th ch fh sh zh> eclipsis: - m n ŋ p t k v z - <- mb nd ŋg bp dt gc bhf zs ->
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | í /iː/ | ü /ʏ/ | ű /yː/ | u /ʊ/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | é /eː/ | ö /œ/ | ő /øː/ | a /ə/ | o /ɔ/ | ó /oː/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||||
Diphthongs: ia üa ua /iə yə uə/