Dtougcan

Dtougcan

Consonants
Dtougcan presents a sort of consonant harmony. Similar to how many languages require all of the vowels in a given word to be either front or back vowels, Dtougcan requires all of the consonants to be either "front" (palatalized) or "back" (velarized) consonants.

Writing System
Because of the nature of Dtougcan's consonant harmony system, the frontness or backness of the word is indicated by an  or an  following the initial consonant of the word. If a word begins in a vowel sound, the indicating  or  simply begins the word. Later in words,  and  indicate semivowels. In cases of ambiguity, or sometimes for ease of reading,  and  may be topped with diaereses for clarity when indicating semivowels.