Akih

General information
Akih is an Akaric language.

Vowels
Akih has ten vowels distributed more or less evenly in the vowel space. Normally they aren't distinguished by quantity: all differences stem from vowel quality.

Vowels in Akih have something that resembles tone. Each vowel can either have a normal or low tone. The actual realisation of these tones is more akin to modal/breathy (interchangeable) and creaky voice, respectively. In isolation, when applied to /a/, they can be transcribed in the IPA as: [a̤] (normal) vs. [a̰] (low). Tone isn't usually written in regular text. Normal tone is implied; low tone can be written with either a superscript pharyngeal fricative or just an apostrophe (either  or ). Low tone rarely occurs in syllables that have both an initial and final consonant.

Consonants
Glottalisation is neutralised word-finally.

Phonotactics
Akih has some elementary rules that govern word shape:
 * Consonant clusters can at most be made up of two consonants.
 * Initial and final geminate plosives are disallowed
 * No glottalised plosive except for /ʔ/ can precede consonants