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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

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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

  • 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]
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    Sound samples in Ancient-Mawic
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    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...
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    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.
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    Language family relationships
    Language treeMawo-Caláic
     ⤷  Proto-Mawo-Caláic
      ⤷ Mawic languages
       ⤷  Ancient-Mawic
     
    Phonology
    ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
    dental
    AlveolarPost-
    Alveolar
    PalatalLabio-
    velar
    VelarUvularGlottal
    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            
    1. after q, allophone of /r/
    2. allophone of /s/
    VowelsFrontCentralBack
    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/
    ḑará
    /d͡ʒ/
    /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
    /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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      Typological information for Ancient-Mawic

      Copula droppingAlways
      Morphosyntactic alignmentFluid-S
      Noun-noun possessionGenitive or possessive case
      Primary word orderSOV
      Script typeCombination of systems

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