Tangorin
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Tangorin | ||||
Timeline/Universe: | Kalan | |||
Total speakers: | c. 500,000 | |||
Genealogical Classification: | *Tamaric | *Lower Tamaric | *Old Tangorin | *Tangorin |
Basic word order: | VSO | |||
Morphological type: | agglutinative | |||
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 25 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 | w | ||||
Affricative | ʧ ʤ |
Vowels
Tangorin consists of 10 vowels.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i ɪ | u ʊ | |
Mid | e ɛ | ʌ | o |
Low | æ | ɑ |