Tepaas languages

The Tepaas languages are a language family spoken mainly in Passuvria. They are noted for their small consonant inventories and low amounts of vowel qualities.

Etymology
The name Tepaas comes from the Etpanee word tpaasa, meaning "speech".

Consonants
Most Tepaas languages have three types of articulation for consonants. Two of these are almost always nasals and tenuis plosives. Consonants of the third type are usually ejectives or fricatives; some languages, such as Etpanee, have both ejectives and fricatives.

Most Tepaas languages have only bilabial, alveolar, and velar consonants, although some have dental or glottal consonants instead of alveolar ones.

On average, Tepaas language have seven or eight consonants in total.

Vowels
Most Tepaas languages contrast only two vowel qualities, which are normally both front.

All members of the family exhibit phonemic vowel tones and length, albeit to different extents.

Grammar
Most Tepaas languages use VSO word order.