Xiden

Classification and Dialects
Xiden (pronounced /xiden/) is an analytical a posteriori artlang with ergative-absolutive alignment. Various dialects of Xiden may pronounce the voiceless velar fricative, /x/, as the voiceless uvular fricative, /χ/. These dialects may be used by people who have just learned the language who do not have a /x/ sound in their native dialect, or not yet learned to pronounce /x/ correctly.

Consonants
This also includes the co-articulated voiceless labial-velar fricative, /ʍ/

Vowels
Diphthongs include: /aɪ/, /eɪ/, /ia/, /io/, /oi/, and /oʊ/

Phonotactics

 * 1) (C)(C)V(C)(C)
 * 2) Onset - no /ŋ/
 * 3) Coda - no /h/, /j/, and /ʍ/
 * 4) VʔV
 * 5) Fricatives and Plosives may never cluster together.

Pronoun-Case Table
In Xiden, there are two cases for nouns, the Locative and Genitive cases, and there are three for pronouns: Genitive, Ergative, and Absolutive. Xiden also distinguishes between the exclusive we and the inclusive we. Any vowel written in bold-italics refers to the schwa, /ə/ for ease of translation to the IPA.