Garla

General Information
Garla is a member of the Ngalryn language family, a subfamily of the large Edalith language macrofamily.

Consonants

 * 1) Voiceless stops are aspirated before vowels.
 * 2) /ɣ/ is devoiced before voiceless consonants.
 * 3) /h/ is fricated [x] before a consonant or word-finally.
 * 4) /r/ is a retracted post-alveolar approximant, similar to the American English r-sound.
 * 5) /w̃/ is typically merged with /w/ is most dialects.

Stress
Stress is always on the second syllable unless it would be placed on an /ə/, in which case it’s on the third, unless there’s no third, in which case it’s on the first. Proclitics are counted when determining stress.

Writing System
Garla is written with an adapted Alemarese alphabet. Here it is transliterated into the Latin alphabet. A notable feature of Garlan orthography are the many sounds with several representations.

Nouns
Nouns decline according to number with suffixes, and according to definiteness with a proclitic.