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Ataši is the language spoken by the Vekala, a humanoid, elf-like people who live in a mountainous, densely forested location. The evolution of the language is | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The phonetic inventory of Marêngil has stayed relatively small in its evolution, Relying more on vowels to . While most of the phonetic inventory comes from Akaadi, | The phonetic inventory of Marêngil has stayed relatively small in its evolution, Relying more on vowels to show phonetic distinctions. While most of the phonetic inventory comes from Akaadi, a few were adopted from other languages, such as the lateral approximant /l/. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="browntable lightbrownbg" style="width: | {| class="browntable lightbrownbg" style="width: 500px; text-align: center;" | ||
! colspan=9|'''Consonants''' | ! colspan=9|'''Consonants''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! rowspan=2| | ||
! Labial | ! rowspan=2| Labial | ||
! Alveolar | ! colspan=2| Alveolar | ||
! | ! rowspan=2| Alveolo-palatal | ||
! Velar | ! rowspan=2| Velar | ||
|- | |||
! central | |||
! lateral | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Plosive | ! Plosive | ||
|'''p''' /p/ '''b''' /b/ | |'''p''' /p/ '''b''' /b/ | ||
|'''t''' /t/ '''d''' /d/ | |'''t''' /t/ '''d''' /d/ | ||
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|'''k''' /k/ '''g''' /g/ | |'''k''' /k/ '''g''' /g/ | ||
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|'''f''' /f/ '''v''' /v/ | |'''f''' /f/ '''v''' /v/ | ||
|'''s''' /s/ '''z''' /z/ | |'''s''' /s/ '''z''' /z/ | ||
|''' | |'''l''' /ɬ/ | ||
|''' | |'''š''' /ɕ/ '''ž''' /ʑ/ | ||
|'''x''' /x/ '''ŕ''' /ɣ/ | |||
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! Affricate | ! Affricate | ||
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|''' | |'''ś''' /t͡s/ '''ź''' /d͡z/ | ||
|''' | | | ||
|'''č''' /t͡ɕ/ '''ř''' /d͡ʑ/ | |||
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|'''m''' /m/ | |'''m''' /m/ | ||
|'''n''' /n/ | |'''n''' /n/ | ||
|''' | | | ||
|'''ń''' /ɲ/ | |||
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|'''r''' /r/ | |'''r''' /r/ | ||
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|'''j''' /j/ | |'''j''' /j/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
There are two vowel tones, low and high. Low is represented by a grave (`) over the vowel, and high is represented by an acute (´). | |||
{| class="browntable lightbrownbg" style="width: 400px; text-align:center;" | {| class="browntable lightbrownbg" style="width: 400px; text-align:center;" | ||
! colspan= | ! colspan=5|'''Vowels''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2| | ! rowspan=2| | ||
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! unrounded | ! unrounded | ||
! rounded | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Close | ! Close | ||
|'''i''' /i | |'''i''' /i/ | ||
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|'''w''' /ɯ/ | |'''w''' /ɯ/ | ||
|'''u''' /u | |'''u''' /u/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Near-close | ! Near-close | ||
| | | /ɪ/ | ||
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|''' | | '''û''' /ʊ/ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Close-mid | ! Close-mid | ||
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| | | /ə/ | ||
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|'''o''' /o/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Open-mid | ! Open-mid | ||
|'''e''' /ɛ | |'''e''' /ɛ/ | ||
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| | | /ʌ/ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Open | ! Open | ||
|''' | |'''â''' /æ/ | ||
|'''a''' /a | |'''a''' /a/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||