Ma Mero [MERO]
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Language type
Not specified
Place & SpeakersMa Mero is spoken by a population of around 100,000 in Lé Éntla.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ma Mero
Ma Mero (lit. ‘our language’) is a language spoken by the Utrótró (lit. ‘the people’) of the island of Lé Éntla (lit. ‘the home island’).
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Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | |||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ̪ | j | w | |||||||
| Blends | kp | gb |
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | |||
Syllable Structure(C)(C)(C)V
Stress informationMa Mero uses morae to determine stress. Nasal consonants and vowels each make up one mora, while other consonants are grouped in the mora of their following vowel. Take the word Krinléja (a city name):
Syllables: /kɹi.nlɛ.ja/
Morae: /kɹi-n-lɛ-ja/
While it only has 3 syllables, it has 4 morae. Stress is typically placed on the second mora - however, if the second mora is a nasal, it is placed on the first, instead. Compare these words:
Nasal: /ˈkɹinlaja/ - stress placed on the first syllable
No nasal: /kɹiˈlaja/ - stress placed on the second syllable
Syllables: /kɹi.nlɛ.ja/
Morae: /kɹi-n-lɛ-ja/
While it only has 3 syllables, it has 4 morae. Stress is typically placed on the second mora - however, if the second mora is a nasal, it is placed on the first, instead. Compare these words:
Nasal: /ˈkɹinlaja/ - stress placed on the first syllable
No nasal: /kɹiˈlaja/ - stress placed on the second syllable
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ma Mero. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Ma MeroOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa aka /a/ | Bb bó /b/ | Dd dó /d̪/ | Ee eke /e/ | É é égé /ɛ/ | Gg gó /g/ | Qq quŋa /gb/ | Ii iki /i/ | Jj ajo /j/ | Kk kó /k/ | Cc cuŋa /kp/ |
| Ll alo /l̪/ | Mm éma /m/ | Nn éna /n̪/ | Ŋŋ éŋa /ŋ/ | Oo oko /o/ | Ó ó ógó /ɔ/ | Pp pó /p/ | Rr aro /ɹ̪/ | Tt tó /t̪/ | Uu uku /u/ | Ww awo /w/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
