Maia [MAIA]
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[Deactivated User] on 10 April 2020
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Maia
This is a language I'm doing just for the fun and practice. It's my first language so it's kinda crappy!
abandoned as of 4/12/2021, replaced by New Maiya
abandoned as of 4/12/2021, replaced by New Maiya
Sample of Maia[view] Du oi'da, ke, e'oas madasa e'o koru, soa kio e'o eina's. U'u, e'o einas, soa mekos ardas koron.
You think human nature is a beast which must be put in a cage. But it’s the cage that makes the animal bad.[view all texts]
You think human nature is a beast which must be put in a cage. But it’s the cage that makes the animal bad.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
| Polyphthongs | ao | au | ei | oi | ui | ai |
Syllable StructureV
CV
VC
CVC
CV
VC
CVC
Stress informationStress usually falls on the penultimate syllable.
In verbs, stress ALWAYS falls on the ultimate syllable, except in verbs that stem from "to be"
In nouns, stress NEVER falls on the ultimate syllable.
In compound words, one of the roots takes over the stress of the compound words.
In one-syllable words, stress is usually extended.
In verbs, stress ALWAYS falls on the ultimate syllable, except in verbs that stem from "to be"
In nouns, stress NEVER falls on the ultimate syllable.
In compound words, one of the roots takes over the stress of the compound words.
In one-syllable words, stress is usually extended.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Maia. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MaiaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AI ai/ai/ | AO ao/ao/ | AU au/au/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | EI ei/ei/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
| Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | OI oi/oi/ | Pp/p/ |
| Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | UI ui/ui/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
