Hantic

In the real world, Hantic is an a prior artlang. In its conworld, however, it is an ancient dead language that has something like the status that Sanksrit or ancient Greek have for Western culture in the real world. Its use is mainly limited to religious or magical ritual and stage works, both spoken and musical. New stage works are written in the language, so it does have a partially living tradition.

Hantic Phonology

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal		m						n
Plosive	pʰ	p			t̪		tʰ						kʰ	k
Fricative			f	v	θ		s		ʃ				x				h
Affricate					ts
Approximants												j
Trill															ʁ
Lateral Approximant								l

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i	y								u
Near-high
High-mid			e	ø					ɤ	o
Mid
Low-mid
Near-low			æ
Low					a

Diphthongs /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /æʏ/ /eɪ/ /œɪ/ /ɔɪ/