Old Talakka Pamedarian was spoken by members of the Talakka tribe between 1000 and 2000 years ago. It is a tonal language, and can form words with complex consonant clusters.
| Consonants | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal |
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| Central | Lateral |
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| Nasals | | n | |
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| Plosive | Tenuis | p | t | | c | k | q | ʔ <'>¹ |
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| Aspirated | pʰ ⟨ph⟩ | tʰ ⟨th⟩ | | | kʰ ⟨kh⟩ | |
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| Fricative | | s | ɬ ⟨lh⟩ | | x ⟨h⟩ | |
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| Affricate | | t͡s ⟨ts⟩ | t͡ɬ ⟨tl⟩ | t͡ɕ ⟨ch⟩ | |
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| Approximant | w | | l | j | |
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- Not written word-initially
Vowels can be nasal, are represented by the vowel letter + “n” (e.g. /ɨ̃/ ⟨in⟩). The vowel in the last syllable is long.
| Vowels | Oral | Nasal |
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| High¹ | ɨ [ɨ ~ ɯ ~ i ~ ɪ] ⟨i⟩ | ɨ̃ [ɰə̃] ⟨in⟩ |
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| Mid² | ə [ə ~ e ~ o] ⟨e⟩ | ə̃ ⟨en⟩ |
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| Low³ | a [æ ~ a ~ ɑ ~ ɛ] | ã [ɑ̃] ⟨an⟩ |
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- /ɨ/ > [ɪ] / J_ or _J
- /ɨ/ > [ʊ] / w_ or _w
- /ə/ > [e] / J_ or _J
- /ə/ > [o] / w_ or _w
- /a/ > [ɛ] / J_ or _J
- /a/ > [ɔ] / w_ or _w