T’agúa

T'agúa (rom. Tagwa) is a language spoken on the island of Aptacha, there are 4 major dialects within the language, including the Machen, T'as, Kolhon, Behúan and Tsvin dialects, all informally called the North, East, South, West and Central dialects.

Phonology
The phonology of T'agúa is a rather complex system, with the stops having up to a 4 way stop distinction, although the other consonant phoneme rows generally having a 1 to 3 way distinction.

Consonants
The 55 consonants of T'agúa generally have a 1 to 3 way distinction between each row, with the exception of stops having a 4-way distinction.

Consonant Allophones
These allophones occur in all dialects unless states otherwise.

/l/ = [l̪]

/lj/ = [lʲ~ʎ]

/l/ = [ɫ~ʟ] / next to /k k’ kʷ g gʷ x xʷ/

/r/ = [r~ɾ]

/ʃ ʒ ʃʷ ʒʷ/ = [ʂ ʐ ʂʷ ʐʷ] next to /ɨ u o ɑ/

/x/ = [ɣ] when next to a voiced consonant and intervocalically.

/xʷ/ = [xʷ~ʍ]

/q/ = [h~ɦ] / #_[fricative]V [-stress]

/ʀ/ = [ʀ~ʁ~ɻ]

Note: This depends on the dialect, with the Machen dialect using [ʀ], the T'as and Tsvin dialects using [ɻ] and the Kolhon and Behúan dialects using [ʁ]

/v/ = [ʋʲ] / _i or _ĩ

All other plain consonants (excluding trills and approximants) are pronounced [Cʲ] when proceeded /i ĩ/, excluding /n/ which becomes [ɲ]

/ʷ/ can be pronounced as [ʷ~w̆]

Vowels
There are 15 phonemic vowels in T'agúa.

Plain Vowels
There are 10 plain vowels in T'agúa.

Nasal Vowels
There are 5 nasal vowels in T'agúa.

Vowel Allophones
[to be added]