Maseago [MSGO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersMaseago is spoken by a population of around 920,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Maseago[view] yêûsik xuluna ińe ñitle ińe ûqik el
The eyes are the mirror of the soul[view all texts]
The eyes are the mirror of the soul[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeHigh Maatik
⤷ Proto-Maatik
⤷ High Maatik
⤷ Gaana Maasik
⤷ Mountain Maasik
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Maseago
⤷ Proto-Maatik
⤷ High Maatik
⤷ Gaana Maasik
⤷ Mountain Maasik
⤷
MaseagoPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n [nᵝ]1 | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʰ]2 | t [tʰ]3 | [d]4 | k [kʰ]5 | g | q | ||||||
| Fricative | s | [ʃᵝ]6 | x | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]7 ɾᵝ | |||||||||||
| Implosive | [ɠ]8 | |||||||||||
- Double joined /n/ in distinct syllables, allophone of /n/
- After long vowel, allophone of /p/
- After long vowel, allophone of /t/
- Before /l/, allophone of /t/
- After long vowel, allophone of /kʰ/
- Double joined /s/ in distinct syllables, allophone of /s/
- After /s/ or /t/, allophone of /ɾᵝ/
- At beginning of word or before /e/, allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i [i:]1 | u [u:]2 | ||||
| Close-mid | [e]3 [e:]4 | [o]5 [o:]6 | ||||
| Mid | ə [ə:] | |||||
| Open | a [a:]7 | |||||
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- After velar consonants
- After velar consonants, allophone of /i/
- After velar consonants, allophone of /u/
- After velar consonants, allophone of /u/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Maseago. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| MaseagoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a a /a/ | e e /ə/ | g gai /g/, [ɠ]1 | i i /i/, [e]2 | k ka /k/, [kʰ]3 | l le /l/ | m mai /m/ | n nai /n/, [nᵝ]4 | ń ńai /ŋ/ |
| ñ ña /ɲ/ | p pai /p/, [pʰ]5 | q qe /q/ | r rai /ɾᵝ/, [ɾ]6 | s sai /s/, [ʃᵝ]7 | t tai /t/, [tʰ]8, [d]9 | u u /u/, [o]10 | x xa /x/ | y ye /j/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- At beginning of word or before /e/
- After velar consonants
- After long vowel
- Double joined /n/ in distinct syllables
- After long vowel
- After /s/ or /t/
- Double joined /s/ in distinct syllables
- After long vowel
- Before /l/
- After velar consonants
