Xitzolani-Tlatloch (ʃiʦolɑni tɬɑtɬox*)

One of the largest ethno-linguistic groups among the human tribal groups of the Narrow Realm were the Tlatloch. Their language, a dialect of Xitzolani, was brought to Gruthe by the wandering Tlatlochani faction, whose descendants, the Tlatotlys and eventually founded Ys.
Thus, Xitzolani-Tlatloch became the antecedent for the Yssian language family grouping (including but not limited to Standard, Tzapli, and Northern Yssian).

Phonology

The following phones exist in the Tlatloch language of the Xitzol are arranged in dyads as they appear in later Yssian linguistic texts:

PB /p b/; TD /t d/; ChH /x h/; CG /k g/; LR /l r/; NNg /n ŋ/; TlTz /tɬ ʣ/; SZ /s z/; XZh /ʃ ʒ/; and WY /w j/.
The dyad FV /f v/ did not arise until after the settlement on Gruthe and began as a variant of the WY dyad.
Tlatlochan dyads are of voiced/unvoiced pairs (mostly)—the former of which later languages have lost at least partially—and Tlatlochan writing reflects this with one character for each dyad with the voiced consonant understood by context (or occasionally marked by an extra stroke diacritic).
And the following vowels:
A /ɑ/; E /ɛ/; I /i/; O /o/; and Y /ɪ/.
The language of the Tlatlochans is unconcerned with diphthongs, vowel length, unlike its descendant languages, preferring to make its distinctions in voicing.

*Unlike later Yssian languages, which lacked most if not all voiced consonant distinctions, many Xitzolani languages were the inverse, instead featuring the dominance of voiced consonants. For example:

1. G is rendered /x/ in Yssian, but could be /g/ in Xitzolani.
2. X is /ʃ/ in Yssian, but was usually /ʒ/ in Xitzolani.
3. The name of the regnant pharaoh of Ysfet, Zitziya Achwat is /siʦija/ in Yssian, but would be /ziʣ(i)ja/ in Xitzolani.

For many speakers of Xitzolani, the name of the Narrow Realm could be pronounced /ʒiʣəl/ (with the unstressed vowel becoming a schwa). Thus the demonym/genitive form would most commonly be pronounced: /ʃiʦolɑni/ as it is in contemporary Yssian, or historically /ʒiʣ(ə)lɑni/ (note the schwa-elision was also common).

Successor Languages

• Tlatotlys