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: 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 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

Orthography The sound ʕ' is writtten ,'' 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