Riqian

Noble Thensarian	Primitive Tígeł Old Tígeł Modern Tígeł Retroflex-y language Bhadhagha Hyper-Old Tígeł Gebochamic Gebocham Bênôcian Nurian Andarin

Swedishy Tígełic (read: Fóõ gib)

		Labial	Dental		Retroflex		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
			central	lateral	central	lateral
Nasal		m m	n n		ṇ ɳ		nj, ŋj ɲ	ŋ ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p p	t t		ṭ ʈ		tj, kj tɕ	k k
	voiced	b b	d d		ḍ ɖ		dj, gj dʑ	g g
Fricative	voiceless	f f	s s	th ɬ	ṣ ʂ	ṭh ꞎ	sj, chj ɕ	ch x	h h
	voiced	v v	z z	dh ɮ	ẓ ʐ	ḍh ɮ˞	zj, ghj ʑ	gh ɣ
Approximant		w w		l l		ḷ ɭ	j j

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i /i/	ü /y/	ũ /ɯ/	u /u/
Mid	e /e/	ö /ø/	õ /ɤ/	o /o/
Open	ä /æ/		a /ɑ/

glides: -i/-u /-j -w/ < Old Tígeł -gh

Consonant reflexes

ndr, tr, thr, dr, dhr, sr, zsr, r = /ɳ ʈ ꞎ ɖ ɮ˞ ʂ ʐ ɭ/

Vowel reflexes

Long vowels

• aé > e
• é > ja
• á > õõ
• aó > o
• aói, ói > ö
• úi > ü
• ó > a
• í > i
• eá, eío > jõ
• eí > i
• eó > jo
• eú > jö
• iú > ju
• aí > e
• ú > u

Short vowels

• a, e, i, o, u > a, ä, i, o, u?
• ao, eo, io, aio > õ, jõ, ju, jo?
• ai, ei, oi/aoi, ui > ä, i, ö, ü

Proto-Tigalic

• Aramaization: h > 0 x, ɣ > ħ, ʕ; θ, ð > t, d; f > h (except before /l/ and /r/); begadkefat
• general y~u, ȳ~ū merger
• ʕ > ŋ
• p t k b d g m n ŋ h r l v j + creaky voice
• a e i o u ā ē ī ō ū ai au

Gebocham

Uncanny-valley English with a Franco-Turkish flavor. Native name: Gebocham /dʒəbʌʃɑŋ/

• Vowels: æ ɪ i ʌ ə ʊ ʉ < a/ae ē/i ī ā/o/au e ō/u/y ū/ȳ
• Vowel harmony groups:
  • high tense: i ʉ
  • high lax: ɪ ʊ
  • low: æ ʌ
  • ə is neutral
• Rhotic vowels: [ɑɹ ɪɹ ɪɹ ɔɹ ɜɹ ʊɹ ʊɹ]
• "Nasal" vowels: [ɑŋ iŋ iŋ ɑŋ əŋ ɔŋ ɔŋ]
  • All vowels may occur in open syllables e.g. dɹɪ
• Consonants: m n ŋ p t tʃ k ʔ b d dʒ g f s ʃ v z ʒ h ɹ l j
• I = /nʌ/
• thou = (m) /zɪɹ/, (f) /wɪɹ/
• he =