Tacitese [TAC]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersTacitese is spoken by a population of around 142,890,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tacitese
Tacitese is a SOV, pro-drop, zero copula, mostly agglutinative language with a distinct variety of dialects. In the world of Teh'ra, this language is spoken near the equator in the vast, ancient forests of Tangoria and Menjolia.
Inspired by Mandarin Chinese and Zulu, this language's phonology uses only voiceless consonants, no bilabials, and a simple vowel system of /i/, /a/, /o/.
There is an abjad that I am currently developing, but it might be a bit before I add it here.
Inspired by Mandarin Chinese and Zulu, this language's phonology uses only voiceless consonants, no bilabials, and a simple vowel system of /i/, /a/, /o/.
There is an abjad that I am currently developing, but it might be a bit before I add it here.
Language family relationships
Language treeIMS Language Family
⤷ IMS First Language
⤷ Land 1
⤷ Proto-Sltanic
⤷ East Sltanic
⤷ Tacitese
⤷ IMS First Language
⤷ Land 1
⤷ Proto-Sltanic
⤷ East Sltanic
⤷ Tacitese
Phonology
Consonants | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | n | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | t | k | q | |||||||||||||
Fricative | s [s:]1 | ʃ [ʃ:]2 | x [x:]3 | χ [χ:]4 | ɦ [ɦ:]5 | |||||||||||
Affricate | [t͡s]6 | [t͡ʃ]7 | [k͡x]8 | [q͡χ]9 | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j10 | w11 | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | [ʔk]12 | [ʔq]13 | [ʔt]14 |
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /χ/
- allophone of /ɦ/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- semivowel
- semivowel
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /t/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i [ĩ]1 | |||
Close-mid | o [õ]2 | |||
Open | a [ã]3 |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tacitese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
TaciteseOrthography [edit] | |||||||
a Aa /a/ | i Ii /i/ | o Oo /o/ | n Nn /n/ | r Rr /r/ | l Ll /ɬ/ | j Jj /j/1 | w Ww /w/2 |
t Tt /t/ | s Ss /s/ | c Cc /ʃ/ | k Kk /k/ | q Qq /q/ | g Gg /x/ | y Yy /χ/ | h Hh /ɦ/ |
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |
- semivowel
- semivowel