Memphrascript [MEMST]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersMemphrascript is spoken by a population of 54,787,376 in Memphratic.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Memphrascript
A digitally orientated language (due to mechanical vessels), barely reminiscent of the languages brought by north-western European settlers, misinterpretation of history and archives has resulted in mistakes in conception.
777th word: $ƿ$£d n. divine wind
1000th word: жhƿhzƿhd£sk n. (or adj.) precursor
2000th word: øb§vдg adj. obvious
3000th word: kłαd§дg§r n. competition
777th word: $ƿ$£d n. divine wind
1000th word: жhƿhzƿhd£sk n. (or adj.) precursor
2000th word: øb§vдg adj. obvious
3000th word: kłαd§дg§r n. competition
Sound samples in Memphrascript
Some sound samples of Memphrascript. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Vees ez veemæ
This is fine!
This is fine!
mys£lf drek vƿhger ord yoo korbsub ƿhρl
I drink water and you eat an apple.
I drink water and you eat an apple.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | ɲ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ ɸ: | v v: | ð | s s:: s: | z z: | ʃ ʃ: | ʐ | ʑ | h | ɦ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s1 | d͡z | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j j: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ʃɪ | ɸɹ2 | kɹ:3 |
- łs
- "ρr"
- "kk" [try vibrating the /k/ if possible]
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i i: | ʉ ʉ: | u u: u̞:1 | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ: | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e e:: e:2 | ø ø: | o3 o:4 | |||||||
| Mid | o̞ o̞: | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɜ ɜ: | ʌ | ɔ ɔ::5 ɔ:6 | ||||||
| Near-open | æ æ:7 | ɐ | ||||||||
| Open | a a: | ɑ ɑ:: ɑ: | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɜɹ ɜɹ: | o̞j8 | aɪ9 | ɛks10 | eɪ | ɛj11 | ɛɪ |
- ou
- æe
- oø
- oæ
- oorr
- oor
- ǣe
- ø¶ Like Finnish /po̞i̯s̠/
- д¥
- "xx" British <x>
- jy Like Dutch /rɛi̯k/
OtherMost letters, when used twice, increases length.
Some exceptions do exist.
Some exceptions do exist.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Memphrascript. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MemphrascriptOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Αα Αα α (short) /a/ | Ƿƿ Ƿƿ ƿ (ah) /ɑ/ | Ǣǣ Ǣǣ ǣ (aa) /æ/ | Δδ Δδ δ (ending a) /ɐ/ | Bb Bb b /b/ | ¢ ¢ ¢ (ch) /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Dd d /d/ | Ææ Ææ æ /e/ | Ff Ff f /ɸ/ |
| Ǥǥ Ǥǥ ǥ /g/ | Hh Hh h /h/ | ¶ ¶ ¶ (hh) /ɦ/ | Дд Дд д (ih) /ɪ/ | Ee Ee e /i/ | £ £ £ (eh) /ɛ/ | € € € (er) /ʌ/ | Σς Σς ς (er) /ɜɹ/ | Юю Юю ю (dutch ij) /ɛɪ/ |
| Jj Jj j /ʑ/ | Kk Kk k /k/ | Ll Ll l /l/ | Łł Łł ł (hard l) /ʟ/ | Mm Mm m /m/ | Ξξ Ξξ (ny) /ɲ/ | Øø Øø ø (oh) /o̞/ | Öö Öö ö (oost) /ø/ | § § § (or) /ɔ/ |
| Ρρ Ρρ ρ (p) /p/ | Rr Rr r /ɹ/ | Ss Ss s /s/ | $ $ $ (sh) /ʃ/ | Þþ Þþ þ (shi) /ʃɪ/ | Gg Gg g /t/ | Oo Oo o (u) /u/ | ǂ ǂ ǂ (uh) /ʊ/ | Uu Uu uu (uu) /ʉ/ |
| Üü Üü ü (ur) /ɜ/ | Бб Бб б (th) /ð/ | Vv Vv v /v/ | Xx Xx x (dzah) /d͡z/ | ¥ ¥ ¥ (ay) /eɪ/ | IJij IJij ij (high y) /ʎ/ | Yy Yy y /j/ | Zz Zz z /z/ | Жж Жж ж (zha) /ʐ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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