Athi language

Athi (Athi: ) is a Shamnic language spoken in the Athi Coast.

Consonant
Unlike most languages, the consonant inventory of the Shamnic languages lacks any plosives. Athi does, however, have two affricates /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/.

/ɹ/ is sometimes pronounced as [ɾ] in intervocalical position.

Vowels
/i, u/ followed by a vowel are pronounced as [j, w].

/ɛ/ is pronounced as [e] before /i, j/.

Grammar
Athi is an synthetic language with a moderate degree of agglutination.

Declension
Nouns are divided into two declensions: high and low declension.

High declension
High declension nouns end in -i, -u, -e and -o. The following table shows the declension endings for high nouns:

Low declension
Low declension nouns end in -a. They decline like the following: