Tizian
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.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | ||
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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 nasal + C
prestopped nasals and laterals?
ā ē ī ó ū > oa ea i u u