Takateb language

The Takateb language is a language spoken mainly in Takat, where it is the official language.

Etymology and names
The name Takw'atab means "thing from Takat".

In Thamean, the name Takateb has been attested from around 1500. Other Thamean names for Takateb include Tacatep, Taketeb, Takwatap, Takhwatep, and Tacuatep.

Vowels
Vowels exhibit considerable allophony. Each phonemic vowel (/a ɨ o/) has three forms: Form 1 is the default realisation of each vowel. Forms 2 and 3 are rarer; form 2 vowels appear most frequently before unreleased plosives, while form 3 is mainly used after plain ejectives.

Phonotactics
Takateb has a CV(C) syllable structure. Ejectives and taps/flaps cannot appear in syllable codas, and unreleased plosives cannot appear in onsets.

Consonants
The following rules are used for plain consonants:
 * The consonants /m p f n t s l ŋ k x q ts kx/ are written as their IPA values.
 * The unreleased plosives /p̚ t̚ k̚/ are written ⟨b d g⟩.
 * /t̪̚ q̚/

Secondary articulations
Secondary articulations are written directly after base consonants, and are represented by the following suffixes: