Verse:Hmøøh/Rencad

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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

Phonology of Tigal, a West Talmic language inspired by Irish, German, and Praveen's old Rencadian (It's closely related to Coffeebrew, Gelorian, Nurian and Andarin, and more distantly to Reber Wiebian and Trây.)


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: ɪ iː ʏ yː ʊ uː <i í ü ű u ú> ɛ eː œ øː ə ɔ oː <e é ö ő a o ó> a aː <a á> iə yə uə <ia üa ua>