Tauz [TZEL]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersTauz is spoken in Tauzakitia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tauz
Tauz is a language spoken in the Republic of Tauzakitia. It's an Northern Nateri language, similar to the languages of 
Heleni and Eborok. Tauzakitians have persisted through persecution in the past from their Portuguese colonizers, while accepting their own language and the international language of 
Aarellian.
Heleni and Eborok. Tauzakitians have persisted through persecution in the past from their Portuguese colonizers, while accepting their own language and the international language of Aarellian.
Language family relationships
Language treeAarellic
⤷ Proto-Aarellian
⤷ Aarelo-Aferjite
⤷ South Aferjite
⤷ Tropical Aferjite
⤷ Crescented Nateri
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Tauz
⤷ Proto-Aarellian
⤷ Aarelo-Aferjite
⤷ South Aferjite
⤷ Tropical Aferjite
⤷ Crescented Nateri
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TauzPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t | d | k | g | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʒ | ç | χ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r̪ | r | ||||||||||||||||
- before /g/, never after diphthongs, allophone of /ŋ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | [ə]1 | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ | eɪ | uɪ | oɪ |
- before and after /ŋ/, and before /ŋg/, allophone of /e/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tauz. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| TauzOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa anu /a/ | Áá ána /aɪ/ | Bb bémo /b/ | Gg gómo /g/ | Dd démo /d/ | Ee enu /e/, [ə]1 | Éé éna /eɪ/ | Ff fémo /f/ | Hh hémo /h/ | Ii inu /i/ | Kk kémo /k/ | Ll léo /l/ |
| Mm mébo /m/ | Nn némo /n/, [ŋ]2 | Ńń ańémo /ŋ/ | Oo onu /o/ | Óó óna /oɪ/ | Rr rémo /r/ | Ss sémo /s/ | Tt tebé /t/ | Uu unu /u/ | Úú úna /uɪ/ | Xx axémo /χ/ | Zz zémo /z/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- before and after /ŋ/, and before /ŋg/
- before /g/, never after diphthongs
