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Revision as of 13:58, 11 March 2016
| Tangorin | |
| Timeline/Universe: | Kalan |
| Total speakers: | c. 5,000,000 |
| Genealogical Classification: | Tamaric Lower Tamaric Old Tangorin Tangorin |
| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Morphological type: | fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | ergative-accusative |
Tangorin is a language descended from the Tamaric language family. It is spoken mainly in the Vale of Tangor and the surrounding lowlands. Tangorin is written using the Dinaic script.
Phonology
Consonants
Tangorin consists of 24 consonants, most of which are fricatives or stops.
| Bilabial | Labio-Dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | ʕ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | h | |||
| Approximant | r | l | j | |||||
| Affricative | ʧ ʤ |
Vowels
Tangorin consists of 10 vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ɪ | uː ʊ | |
| Mid | eɪ ɛ | ʌ | oʊ |
| Low | æ | ɑː ɒ |
Orthography
Tangorin is written with the Dinaic script. When written with the Latin alphabet, the sound ʕ is writtten ʼ, θ is written th, ð is written dh, ʃ is written sh, ʒ is written zh, ʧ is written ch, ʤ is written j, j is written y, and ŋ is written ng.
Morphology
Nominal Morphology
