Monyo [EKM]
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Katrasho on 18 August 2018
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken by a population of around 1,500,000 in:
YakormonyoOfficial
YakormonyoOfficialSpecies
Human/humanoid
About Monyo
Monyo is spoken as a native language throughout Yakormonyo. It has a very interesting writing system, where all letters are considered vowels. It is an analytical language, with a short, staccato-like sound. It has one retroflex letter, which appears in the forms koL or xeL. There are no interrogative pronouns, instead a sentence is said and a particle/adposition is added at the end which corresponds answer one wants to get. If it is a polar question, only intonation is changed.
Yakormonyo. It has a very interesting writing system, where all letters are considered vowels. It is an analytical language, with a short, staccato-like sound. It has one retroflex letter, which appears in the forms koL or xeL. There are no interrogative pronouns, instead a sentence is said and a particle/adposition is added at the end which corresponds answer one wants to get. If it is a polar question, only intonation is changed.
Sample of Monyo[view] j Ka se Kani up Sekĕa, a se Joni up Stĕa aj an Kma. / j Ka se Ĕini up Sa, a se Oni up Mĕo aj an Kma. / j Ka se Tatni up Av, a se Zari up Zat aj an Kma. / j Ka se Iń Jr up Venej, j Ńiva se Ka up Xeşta ajs Tna.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Monyo
Some sound samples of Monyo. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
z Ta şe Eĕi aj an Raxŭo, z Ńi şe Ńiva aj an Vza, a z Ka şe Ńiva aj an Rax.
You like books, he hates them, and I love them.
You like books, he hates them, and I love them.
j Ka se Naneje aj an Raxŭo.
I like trains.
I like trains.
Language family relationships
Language treeLhochan
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Proto-Lhochan
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Proto-Monyo
⤷ Northern Monyo
⤷ Duchy Monyo
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Monyo
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Proto-Lhochan⤷
Proto-Monyo⤷ Northern Monyo
⤷ Duchy Monyo
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Monyo[view] About LhochanThe Lhochan language family encompasses South-Central Boroso, especially the nation of MNO .
[view] Samej up Zfatu (Samejinon)Samejinon is a dialect spoken in the southern Oblasts of the Toşe Region. It is more old-school, with archaic conjunctions like 'mo' (or) and 'kor' (that), and classical pronounciations like /ɘ/ (i). There are many loanwords from Fáknir. The copula is also removed, with tenses being added to the object.
Ex. "j Ka se an Nsu." (I am a boy.) versus standard "j Ka se Nozn aj an t."
Ex. "j Ka se an Nsu." (I am a boy.) versus standard "j Ka se Nozn aj an t."
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ1 | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ç]2 | [ʝ]3 | x | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | ɻ4 | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | [ɽ]5 | ||||||||||||||
| Blends | [ɸʊ]6 | [pɪ]7 | [sɔ]8 | [ʃɔ]9 | [tɔ]10 | [ɾɔ]11 | [ʒɪ]12 | [zɪ]13 | [mɔn]14 | [nɔn]15 |
| [ŋɔn]16 | [βɔn]17 | [kɔɻ]18 | [çɪɻ]19 | [ʝɪ]20 |
- word-initial (if vowel)
- When before ɪ or ʊ̈, allophone of /x/
- When before ɪ or ʊ̈, allophone of /ɣ/
- Syllable-final (kol, xel)
- when before ɻ, allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɸ/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /β/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɣ/
| Vowels | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | ɵ | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Monyo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| MonyoOrthography | |||||||||
| A Aa a /ä/ | E Ee e /ɪ/ | F Ff fu /ɸ/ | P Pp pe /p/ | M Mm mon /m/ | N Nn non /n/ | Q Ńń ńon /ŋ/ | O Oo o /ɔ/ | U Uu u /ʊ/ | I Ii /ɵ/ |
| S Ss so /s/ | C Şş şo /ʃ/ | T Tt to /t/ | R Rr ro /ɾ/, [ɽ]1 | V Vv von /β/ | J Jj je /ʒ/ | Z Zz ze /z/ | K Kk kol /k/ | X Xx xel /x/, [ç]2 | Y Yy ye /ɣ/, [ʝ]3 |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | |||||||||
- when before ɻ
- When before ɪ or ʊ̈
- When before ɪ or ʊ̈
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