Ati

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t	c1	k
Nasal	m	n
Fricative	f	s
Approximant	w		j	r2	h

1. Realized variably as a palatal plosive, or an affricate [tʃ] or [ts]. Occurs only in onset position or word-finally.
2. Can be realized as any rhotic depending on the speaker.

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	o
Mid	e~ɛ
Open	a

Phonotactics

Syllable structure is (C)V(C#). V may be made up of a single vowel or a combination of two vowels (e can only form diphthongs with o).

Syntax

Isolating language, right-branching (SVO).

Verbal Grammar

Past-tense particle, preceding the verb, is ta.

Negative

Lexicon

Numbers

1	pi
2	te
3	oci
4	ma
5	nina
6	afe
7	soso
8	awa
9	jai
10	ren
54	nina-ren-ma

Mood Particles

Mood particles are sentence-initial.

Int.	ka
Pot.	mai
Sub.	ofi