Hta is spoken by giants that are seemingly linguistically less developed. It's a baby language where you just name targets and hope the others understand will your need.
Phonology
They have 4 vowels: a [ɐ], u [ʊ], h [ɐ̤], w [ʊ̤]
Breathy voice is a distinguishing feature in Hta. The preceding vowel is always aspirated before a breathy vowel. The approximants cannot precede them.
The consonants are:
Plosives: p [p], t[t], pk [kp͡], k [k]
fricatives: s
approximants: v [β̞], r [ɹ], g [ɰ]
The phonotactic structure of a word is always: (C)VCV
The stress lies on the last syllable of a phrase.
The grammatical part
There are three grammatical tones on the last, stressed syllable:
<a> neutral tone
<á> rising tone, expresses uncertainty, or a question
<à> falling tone, expresses power, or a command
The word order is somewhat SO.
There are only nouns in the language. The relations between them are expressed non-linguistically.
Examples:
Rapkw thsù.
[ɹɐkp͡ʊ tɐ̤sʊ˥˩]
People game(animal)
I command: let’s go hunting.
Shta Kwtá.
[sʰɐ̤tɐ kʊ̤tɐ˥˩]
Hammer (speaker’s name)
Where is my hammer?
