Saidama (Dryadic language)

Saidama, more correctly spelled Ssa e-dama (literally: language of the mulberry [people]), is spoken by various Dryadic tribes that inhabit the flooded forests and mangrove-like swaps of Tantah (on Dartea). They live in the canopy (hence, they are dryads, also known as arboreal folk) and they are known for trading large quantities of mulberries. Mulberries are a status symbol in Saidamic communities; their elders wear necklaces made of dried mulberries. A handful of Saidamic tribes live in small thalassocracies on the litoral Tantah and they trade in coastal herbs and salt.

Consonants
notes:

b = /b/

bh = /v/

d = /d/

dh = /ð/

z = /z/

f = /f/

fh = /ɸ/

h = /ɦ/

k = /k/

k' = /kh/

kh = /x/

g = /ɡ/

g' = /gh/

gh = /ɣ/

Ğğ = /ʁ/

x = /ç/ (silent at the beginning and end of words)

l = /l/

ll = /ʎ/ (ʎ~l̠ʲ)

ls = /ɬ/

m = /m/

n = /n/ (/ŋ/ before velars and after /u/ and /o/)

ŋ = /ŋ/

nn = /ɲ/ (ɲ~n̠ʲ)

s = /s/

y = /j/

The palatals /i/ and /j/ palatalize the consonants preceding them, as does /e/ before velar stops.

Nouns
notes:

- noun classes as in Bantu langs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_class#Bantu_languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_mutation