Minotaur Languages

There are three main families of native Minotauren languages: the Ktanic family, the Muharwen family, and the Afuric family. Ktanic may be an early branch off of Proto-Muharwen creolized with centauren and human languages. Afuric is spoken by the minotaur populations in Erdu and isolated communities along their ancient migration route to Tabasaran.
=== Ktanic Example ===
 	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal 	m β̃ 	n̥ n 	 	 	 	ʔ̃
Plosive 	p b 	t d 	k 	 	 	
Affricate 	 	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ 	 	 	 	
Fricative 	 	s z ʃ 	 	χ 	ʜ 	h
Approximate	 	l ɾ 	 	 	 	
=== Muharwen Phonetic Alphabet ===
 	Bilabial 	Linguolabial	Dental 	Palatal	Velar 	Uvular 	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal	
Nasal 	m̥ m 	n̼ 	n̥ n 	ɲ̊ ɲ 	ŋ̊ ŋ 	ɴ 	 	 	 	
Nasal Labialized 	m̥ʷ mʷ 	 	n̥ʷ nʷ 	ɲ̊ʷ ɲʷ 	ŋ̊ʷ ŋʷ 	 	 	 	 	
Nasal Labiopalatalized 	m̥ᶣ mᶣ 	 	n̥ᶣ nᶣ 	 	ŋ̊ᶣ ŋᶣ 	 	 	 	 	
Nasal Pharyngealized 	m̥ˤ mˤ 	 	n̥ˤ nˤ 	 	ŋ̊ˤ ŋˤ 	 	 	 	 	
Nasal Coarticulated 	m͡ɲ 	 	n͡m
n͡mʷ
n͡mˤ	 	ŋ͡m
ŋ͡mʷ
ŋ͡mˤ	 	 	 	 	
Nasal Snort 	 	 	 	 	 	 	ŋ̃̃ 	 	 	
Approximate 	ʋ̥ ʋ 	 	ɹ̥ ɹ 	j̊ j 	ɰ̊ ɰ 	ʁ̞
ʟ 	ʕ̞ 	ʢ̞ 	ʔ̞ 	
Approximate Labialized 	 	 	ɹʷ 	ɥ̊ ɥ 	ʍ w
w̃ 	 	 	 	 	
Approximate Labiopalatalized 	 	 	ɹᶣ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Approximate Pharyngealized 	 	 	ɹˤ
ɹʷˤ 	 	ʍˤ wˤ
w̃ˤ 	 	 	 	 	
Fricative 	ɸ β 	θ̼ ð̼ 	ɧ ɧ̬ 	 	x ɣ 	χ ʁ 	ħ ʕ 	ʜ 	h ɦ 	
Fricative Labialized 	ɸʷ βʷ 	 	ɧʷ ɧ̬ʷ 	 	xʷ ɣʷ 	χʷ ʁʷ 	ħʷ ʕʷ 	 	hʷ ɦʷ 	
Fricative Labiopalatalized 	ɸᶣ βᶣ 	 	ɧˤ ɧ̬ˤ 	 	ɣᶣ 	 	ħᶣ ʕᶣ 	 	hᶣ ɦᶣ 	
Fricative Pharyngealized 	ɸˤ βˤ 	θ̼ˤ ð̼ˤ 	 	 	 	χˤ ʁˤ 	 	 	hˤ ɦˤ 	
Trill 	 	 	 	 	 	ʀ̥ ʀ 	 	ʢ 	 	
Flap 	ⱱ̟  	 	 	 	 	ɢ̆ 	 	ʡ̮ 	 	
Stop 	p b 	 	t d 	 	k g 	q ɢ 	 	ʡ 	ʔ 	
Stop Labialized 	pʷ bʷ 	 	tʷ dʷ 	 	kʷ gʷ 	qʷ ɢʷ 	 	 	ʔʷ 	
Stop Labiopaltalized 	pᶣ bᶣ 	 	tᶣ dᶣ 	 	kᶣ gᶣ 	ɢᶣ 	 	 	ʔᶣ 	
Stop Pharyngealized 	pˤ bˤ 	 	tˤ dˤ 	 	 	qˤ ɢˤ 	 	 	 	
Stop Coarticulated 	 	 	t͡p d͡b	 	k͡p ɡ͡b 	q͡p ɢb
q͡ʡ	 	 	 	
Stop Coarticulated Labialized 	 	 	t͡pʷ d͡bʷ	 	k͡pʷ ɡ͡bʷ 	q͡pʷ ɢbʷ	 	 	 	
Stop Coarticulated Labiopalatalized	 	 	t͡pᶣ d͡bᶣ	 	k͡pᶣ ɡ͡bᶣ 	ɢbᶣ 	 	 	 	
Stop Coarticulated Pharyngealized 	 	 	t͡pˤ d͡bˤ	 	 	q͡pˤ ɢbˤ	 	 	 	
Stop Coarticulated Prenasalized 	 	 	ⁿd͡b
ⁿd͡bʷ
ⁿd͡bᶣ
ⁿd͡bˤ	 	ᵑɡ͡b
ᵑɡ͡bʷ
ᵑɡ͡bᶣ	 	 	 	 	
Stop Prenasalized 	ᵐb
ᵐbʷ
ᵐbᶣ
ᵐbˤ	
ⁿd
ⁿdʷ
ⁿdᶣ
ⁿdˤ	 	 	
ᵑg
ᵑgʷ
ᵑgᶣ	 	 	 	 	
Affricate 	pɸ bβ 	 	 	 	k͡x ɡ͡ɣ 	q͡χ ɢʁ 	ʡħ ʡʕ 	 	ʔh 	
Affricate Labialized 	pɸʷ bβʷ 	 	 	 	k͡xʷ ɡ͡ɣʷ 	q͡χʷ ɢʁʷ	 	 	 	
Affricate Labiopalatalized 	pɸᶣ bβᶣ 	 	 	 	k͡xᶣ ɡ͡ɣᶣ 	 	 	 	 	
Affricate Prenasalized 	ᵐbβ ᵐbβʷ ᵐbβᶣ	 	 	 	ᵑɡ͡ɣ ᵑɡ͡ɣʷ ᵑɡ͡ɣᶣ	 	 	 	 	
Implosive 	ɓ̥ ɓ
m̩ɓ 	 	ɗ̥ ɗ
n̩ɗ	ʄ̊ ʄ 	ɠ̊ ɠ 	ʛ̥ ʛ 	 	 	 	
Implosive Coarticulated 	
ɓβ 	 	 	 	ɠɓ
ɠɣ 	ʛʁ 	 	 	 	
Features
* hr/mr/mh
* hr/mr/mh+creaky
* hollow ʜ~h
* hollow ʜ~h+voi
* grunty ʀ~ʢ
* nasal snort
* w r h m heavy
* vocalic (usually at least half of 41 canonical vowels, 7 heights common)
* tone: 7 level (very low - low - low mid - mid - high mid - high - very high) + contour (up to 4 segments (tetraphthongal))
* nasality: 2 degrees (nasal and very nasal)
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