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Melitian
Mélydda
[me:lʉdʰɐ]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 26 February 2019
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
About Melitian
Melitian / Mélydda

English pronunciation: /məli:tiən/ or /məli:ʃən/
Melitian is a Romance language spoken on the island of Malta by a small community concentrated near the Xaghra area on the island of Goxo. It is endangered, especially as many of its 300 or so speakers are above the age of 50. Compared to other Romance languages, it split significantly earlier from Latin and maintains some grammatical features not found in other Romance languages.
My apologies for all the liberties I have taken with Maltese culture and history to fit this language and its speakers in.
Sample of Melitian[view] Noŕś takita, noŕś santta / Drankíllates onnesit, radiantes onnesit / Ekku kiŕa Madonnam e ivvantem / Ivvans santte ita emośonine e kléméns / I paŕś Káli domhi, I paŕś Káli domhi / / / / / / / -- / / / / / / [view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
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Language family relationships
Language treeItalic
 ⤷ Italic
  ⤷ Latino-Faliscan
   ⤷ Latin
    ⤷  Melitian
 
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularOther
Nasal m   n     ŋˑ    
Plosive p b bʰ   t d dʰ     k g    
Fricative   f s (ʰz)       χ ɧ
Lateral approximant     l          
Approximant   ʋ   j (w)      
Trill     r       ʀ  
VowelsFrontCentralNear-
back
Back
Close i: y: ɨ ʉ   u:
Near-close     ʊ  
Close-mid e:     o:
Open-mid ɛ     ɔ
Near-open æ: ɐ    
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Melitian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MelitianOrthography [edit]
Áá/æ:/Aa/ɐ/Bb/b/BB bb/bʰ/Dd/d/DD dd/dʰ/Éé/e:/Ee/ɛ/Ff/f/Gg/g/Hh/χ/Ii/ɨ/
Íí/i:/Jj/j/Kk/k/Ll/l/Mm/m/Ńń/ŋˑ/Nn/n/Oo/ɔ/Óó/o:/Pp/p/Ŕŕ/ʀ/Rr/r/
Ss/s/Śś/ɧ/Tt/t/Úú/u:/Uu/ʊ/Vv/ʋ/Ww/w/1Ýý/y:/Yy/ʉ/Zz/ʰz/2
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Sound Changes in Melitian
A long list of the most important sound changes
11-Mar-19 23:22
Melitian Word Order
The word order of most normal sentences
10-Mar-19 11:53
Indirect Statement
An explanation of the indirect statement in Melitian
10-Mar-19 11:36
Auxiliary Verbs
A summary
09-Mar-19 22:43
Melitian Nouns
Descended from Latin
27-Feb-19 22:29
Typological information for Melitian

Adposition head-directionalityHead initial
Adjective agreementNumber, class, and case
AlienabilityNo alienability

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