Ancient-Mawic [AWM]
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Fádgü meştẽ / Nlẽ máwan / Nlẽ eűgün [fa:dgy mɛʃtɛ̃ nlɛ̃ ma:wan nlɛ̃ ɛy:gyn]*
[view flag info] Ancient-Mawic
Fádgü meştẽ / Nlẽ máwan / Nlẽ eűgün [fa:dgy mɛʃtɛ̃ nlɛ̃ ma:wan nlɛ̃ ɛy:gyn]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ancient-Mawic
eű-gü du-k bökrẽ-w
Eű-gü du-k bökrẽ-w!
/ɛy:gy duk bøkrɛ̃w/
god-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you)-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient bring.NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future-PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action
Welcome!
máwa-nk nlẽ-k ün fádgü-k meştẽ-k *máwa*-n-*ş*a*l*a*-n qũ-gu fát-güt, kízes máwa-n lind-id lebanrá-wöt. nlẽ iŋgü-d twó-wot, tün-mád-azin nlẽ-zin çégütheq-sin. ké-k *máwa*-n lind-in qũ-gu-zon dëd-ëzon kwés-thãt. inskeq-en, ştẽhgwá-n, ú áçrágwá-n nlẽ dá-güt, ko-f gi-f gi-f.
Máwa-nk nlẽ-k ün fádgü-k meştẽ-k *Máwa*-n-*Ş*a*l*a*-n qũ-gu fát-güt, kízes máwa-n lind-id lebanrá-wöt. Nlẽ iŋgü-d twó-wot, tün-mád-azin nlẽ-zin çégütheq-sin. Ké-k *máwa*-n* lind-in qũ-gu-zon dëd-ëzon kwés-thãt. Inskeq-en, ştẽhgwá-n, ú áçrágwá-n nlẽ dá-güt, ko-f gi-f gi-f.
Ancient-Mawic or "The Holy Speech" was used by a group of nomadic Mawo-Calaic people, who settled down in the valley of river Maw. The language changed a lot since the original proto-language. It has been influenced by the native inhabitats of the Maw valley. It was the language of science, religion, and politics for many thousand years.
The most important grammatical features:
Alienable/Inalienable posession Evidentiality Fluid-S allignment 9 noun cases Singular, dual, plural numbers Agglutination Number and case adjective agreement SOV word order Front-Back vowel harmony No genders/animacy Logography based mixed writing system
Eű-gü du-k bökrẽ-w!
/ɛy:gy duk bøkrɛ̃w/
god-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you)-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient bring.NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future-PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action
Welcome!
máwa-nk nlẽ-k ün fádgü-k meştẽ-k *máwa*-n-*ş*a*l*a*-n qũ-gu fát-güt, kízes máwa-n lind-id lebanrá-wöt. nlẽ iŋgü-d twó-wot, tün-mád-azin nlẽ-zin çégütheq-sin. ké-k *máwa*-n lind-in qũ-gu-zon dëd-ëzon kwés-thãt. inskeq-en, ştẽhgwá-n, ú áçrágwá-n nlẽ dá-güt, ko-f gi-f gi-f.
Máwa-nk nlẽ-k ün fádgü-k meştẽ-k *Máwa*-n-*Ş*a*l*a*-n qũ-gu fát-güt, kízes máwa-n lind-id lebanrá-wöt. Nlẽ iŋgü-d twó-wot, tün-mád-azin nlẽ-zin çégütheq-sin. Ké-k *máwa*-n* lind-in qũ-gu-zon dëd-ëzon kwés-thãt. Inskeq-en, ştẽhgwá-n, ú áçrágwá-n nlẽ dá-güt, ko-f gi-f gi-f.
Ancient-Mawic or "The Holy Speech" was used by a group of nomadic Mawo-Calaic people, who settled down in the valley of river Maw. The language changed a lot since the original proto-language. It has been influenced by the native inhabitats of the Maw valley. It was the language of science, religion, and politics for many thousand years.
The most important grammatical features:
Sample of Ancient-Mawic[view] Kízeştü ríşü-d áã-d nlẽ-k dáéh-k tü-fát-ag-üt. Kízezeb ejaé-n éd tü-mihn-üt, thó-k lind-id *Ş*i*n*a*r-ön çĩüy-üd tu-tu-wot, ú twüştüq-üd dú-fó tü-nind-üt. Kúqwë üks-üf tü-fát-üt: "De-keçü-r! Thãgü-si-gik dü-fárár ú súş-ud tü-lin-ir." Késeziŋg thãgük tü-qrsim-üt sek-ü twüşteh, ú çumpõ-k wajű twüşteh. Ekü tü-fát-ü: "De-keçü-r! Bardű-k ...[view all texts]
Sound samples in Ancient-Mawic
Some sound samples of Ancient-Mawic. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Qũ-n nle-n gwí-gwá-k, qũ-gũn úptohq-ogon ẽebéhsegwá-zin, ú qũ-gũ-n gusmóqb-og-on áçrígüsgwá-zin, reh...
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny...Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny...Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
Adát twüf ü-mẽteyniysthã qũs kegéhés kés, kízezeb adát ü-yima-keq tüqsin áĩgük.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
Language family relationships
Language treeMawo-Caláic
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Proto-Mawo-Caláic
⤷ Mawic languages
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Ancient-Mawic
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Proto-Mawo-Caláic⤷ Mawic languages
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Ancient-MawicPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t tʷ tʰ | d | k kʷ | g gʷ | q qʰ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ ʃʷ | ʒ | [ʁ]1 | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]2 | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʷ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- after q, allophone of /r/
- allophone of /s/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: ĩ | y y: | u u: ũ | |||
| Close-mid | e: | ø ø: | o o: õ | |||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | |||||
| Open | a a: ã | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ancient-Mawic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Ancient-MawicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| á á ááş /a:/ | ã ã /ã/ | a a aḑaló /a/ | b b bugóna /b/ | ç ç çówe /t͡ʃ/ | çw çw /t͡ʃʷ/ | d d dáw /d/ | ḑ ḑ ḑará /d͡ʒ/ | ẽ ẽ /ɛ̃/ | é é édgu /e:/ |
| e e /ɛ/ | ë ë /ə/ | f f fúqu /f/ | g g güm /g/ | gw gw gwüb /gʷ/ | h h hès /h/ | ĩ ĩ /ĩ/ | i i /i/ | í í /i:/ | j j jaraf /ʒ/ |
| k k káju /k/ | kw kw /kʷ/ | l l lapóna /l/ | m m mégu /m/ | ñ ñ /ɲ/ | n n náku /n/ | ó ó /o:/ | o o /o/ | õ õ /õ/ | ő ő /ø:/ |
| ö ö /ø/ | p p páb /p/ | q q qũ /q/ | qh qh qhèn /qʰ/ | r r rŋèqh /r/ | ş ş ştekr /ʃ/ | s s sãí /s/ | şw şw /ʃʷ/ | t t /t/ | th th /tʰ/ |
| tw tw /tʷ/ | ü ü ükwí /y/ | ũ ũ /ũ/ | ú ú /u:/ | u u /u/ | ű ű /y:/ | w w wasa /w/ | y y /j/ | z z zdu /z/ | ŋ ŋ ŋgès /ŋ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
Additional NotesAWM script is a mixed writing system, which has 302 logographic symbols, 65 single letters and 36 syllabic ligatures.
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