Classical Myaenean [CMYA]
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Classical Myaenean
Muok nuMyái [muo̯k̚ nu.mjái]
Classical MyaeneanMuok nuMyái [muo̯k̚ nu.mjái]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersClassical Myaenean is spoken in Myaenea.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Classical Myaenean
Classical Myaenean is the ancestor of all Myaenean languages, and also used to act as a unified literary language for all the dialects of Myaenea, similar to the status of Classical Chinese in China.
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Language family relationships
Language treeMyaenic
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Classical Myaenean
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Classical Myaenean[view] About MyaenicThe Myaenic language family is the main language family of Myaenea and some surrounding areas. Most Myaenic dialects/languages only split around the time of Classical Myaenean.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | m | n̥ | n | ŋ̊ | ŋ | ||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ||||||
| Fricative | s | z | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̥ | l | ||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ̥ | ɹ | j̊ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i í ì | u ú ù | ||
| Close-mid | e é è | o ó ò | ||
| Open | a á à | |||
Syllable StructureThe syllable structure of Classical Myaenean is (C)(L)V(V)(C). The Cs represent any consonant, the L represent a voiced liquid, although they allophonically become voiceless after aspirated consonants. There are two Vs to show that diphthongs can occur before final consonants.
Stress informationIn Classical Myaenean, there’s not really a stress system but rather a pitch accent system. Basically, there are two tones but they can only be on the last syllable of the root word. The other syllables are pronounced with a neutral or middle tone.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Classical Myaenean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Classical MyaeneanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb Ba /b/ | Dd Da /d/ | Dz dz Dza /d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Gg Ga /g/ | Hh Ha /h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk Ka /k/ | Hk hk Hka /kʰ/ | Ll La /l/ |
| Hl hl Hla /l̥/ | Mm Ma /m/ | Hm hm Hma /m̥/ | Nn Na /n/ | Hn hn Hna /n̥/ | Ng ng Nga /ŋ/ | Hng hng Hnga /ŋ̊/ | Oo/o/ | Pp Pa /p/ | Hpa hp Hpa /pʰ/ | Rr Ra /ɹ/ |
| Hr hr Hra /ɹ̥/ | Ss Sa /s/ | Tt Ta /t/ | Ht ht Hta /tʰ/ | Ts ts Tsa /t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ww Wa /w/ | Hw hw Hwa /ʍ/ | Yy Ya /j/ | Hy hy Hya /j̊/ | Zz Za /z/ |
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