Tigol
Phonology
Based on the idea of "literally-read Irish".
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m m | n n | ŋ ŋ | ||
| geminate | nn nː | |||||
| aspirated | mh mʰ | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | c k | ||
| aspirated | ph pʰ | th tʰ | ch kʰ | |||
| prenasalized | bp ᵐp | dt ⁿt | gc ᵑk | |||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | |||
| breathy voiced | bh bʱ | dh dʱ | gh gʱ | |||
| voiced prenasalized | mb ᵐb | nd ⁿd | ŋg ᵑg | |||
| Fricative | plain | f f | s s | h h | ||
| aspirated | fh fʰ | sh sʰ | ||||
| prenasalized | mhf mʰf | nts nt͡s | ||||
| voiced | z z | |||||
| breathy voiced | zh zʱ | |||||
| Liquid | plain | l l | r r̠ | |||
| geminate | ll lː | rr r̠ː | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | í /iː/ | u /u/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | é /eː/ | o /o/ | ó /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: Diphthongs without the fada are short, diphthongs with the fada are long. Otherwise they're mostly read as written.
a in an unstressed syllable becomes e if the previous vowel ends in an /i/.