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Tir'àata is a language spoken in northeastern Lescealh, in the area between the Razoheariscah Mountain Range and the Timeareitah peninsula. It bears extreme similarities to [[Tiijáta]] and [[Tiijaata]], that have even led to some analysists to classify them as all dialects of a modernized form of their parent language [[Tir'jauta]]. Tir'àata and its sister languages are ultimately descendents of [[Proto-Rajo-Faraneit]], in the same family as [[Faraneit]], [[Raj]], Fraze, [[Kelsiut]], [[Hana]], and other languages spoken in various parts of Northeastern Lescealh.

==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable"
! &nbsp;
!Bilabial
!Labio-Dental
!Apical Alveolar
!Laminal Alveolar
!Retroflex
!Palatal
!Labiovelar
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
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|'''Stop'''
| align=center | {{IPA|p}}
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|t̺}}
| align=center | {{IPA|t̻}}
| align=center | {{IPA|ʈ}}
| align=center | {{IPA|c}}
| align=center | {{IPA|kp)}}
| align=center | {{IPA|k}}
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|ʔ}}
|-
|'''Nasal'''
| align=center | {{IPA|m}}
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|n̺}}
| align=center | {{IPA|n̻}}
| align=center | {{IPA|ɳ}}
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|ŋ}}
| align=center | {{IPA|ɴ}}
| &nbsp;
|-
|'''Fricative'''
| align=center | {{IPA|ɸ}}
| align=center | {{IPA|f}}
| align=center | {{IPA|s̺}}
| align=center | {{IPA|s̻}}
| align=center | {{IPA|ʂ}}
| align=center | {{IPA|ç}}
| align=center | {{IPA|xʷ}}
| align=center | {{IPA|x}}
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
|'''Approximant'''
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|r}}
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|ɻ}}
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; 
|-
|'''Lateral Flap'''
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|l}}
| &nbsp;
| align=center | {{IPA|ɭ}}
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|}

Vowels:
*/a˥ aː˥ i˥ e˥ u˥ a˧ aː˧ i˧ e˧ u˧ a˩ aː˩ i˩ e˩ u˩/
**<á áa í é ó ú a aa i e u à àa ì è ù>
Consonants:
*/t̺ t̻ ʈ p c kp) k ʔ/ 
**<t d t' p c q k '>
*/ɸ f s̺ s̻ ʂ ç xʷ x/
**<ph f s z s' ch qh x>
*/m n̺ n̻ ɳ ŋ ɴ/
**<m nh n n' ng g>
*/ʋ r l ɻ ɭ/
**<v r l r' l'>

==Distribution==
*/k kp) c/ are all present and contrast prior to /e a aː/
*/kp) c/ are both present and contrast prior to /i u/
*/ʔ/ contrasts with a simple pause and is only present between vowels

==Allophony==
Stress-Related:
*Stops (except for /ʔ/) aspirate when the sole part of the onset of a stressed syllable
*When the coda of a final, unstressed syllable, stops and fricatives in most speakers' dialects become voiced and lenis
*When unstressed /a aː i e u/ become [ɒ aɒ) ɪ ə ʊ]

Tone-Related:
*In syllables closed by a consonant other than the nasal series, tones have a slight downward contour, but remain distinct from one another

Nasalization-Related:
*When followed by a nasal consonant, vowels nasalize and when stressed simply are realized as [ɒ~ aɒ)~ i~ e~ u~]
*When unstressed - [ɒ~ aɒ)~ ɪ~ ə~ ʊ~]

Other:
*[i i~ ɪ ɪ~ e e~] following /kp) xʷ/ are realized as rounded
*Fricatives voice between vowels and between vowels and voiced consonants, but do not reduce to lenis
*Stops undergo the same process in very rapid speech, and a minority of speakers
*/a/ reduces to [ə] terminally, unless stressed, and /aː/ reduces to [a] in the same environment, but tones are preserved in both

==Morphology and Syntax==


==Lexicon==
[[Tir'àata Lexicon]]