Tamian language/Phonology

Consonants
Consonants written in (parenthases) are not regarded as phonemes - they are allophonic variations of other Tamian phonemes because some consonants undergo sound changes depending on their environment. All consonants (except glottal consonants and approximants) can be geminated.

Tamian possesses 5 rhotic consonants that are arranged in 3 different phonemes: /r/ features [ɾ] and [r], /ʀ/ features [ʀ] and [ʁ] and /ɹ/ only contains [ɹ].

The consonants /m/ and /n/ (both geminated and not) can be syllabic.

Monophthongs
Vowels in (parantheses) are not regarded as phonemes - they are umlauts of central/near-back/back vowels.

Tamian arranges all vowels in 5 vowel phonemes - each phoneme contains a short and a long vowel plus their umlauts (if there are any). The only exception is /ə/ which does not have a long counterpart.

Diphthongs
Diphthongs can be treated as equivalents to short or long vowels. The length of a diphthong depends on the second vowel: If it is short, the diphthong is short; if it is long, the diphthong is long.

Stress
Tamian stress is always on one of the last three syllables of a word - which syllable is stressed depends on vowel length. Therefore, stress is completly predictable and words are not marked for it in any way.