Modern Standard Mido [MDO]
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Hastrica on 24 July 2018
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersModern Standard Mido is spoken by a population of around 6,000,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Modern Standard Mido
Standard for the various Mido dialects.
Sample of Modern Standard Mido[view] Anna lena tor.zaura Fara ii marra tol.fibarda vajasse talleica.
I'm allowed to sit in the front seat of the car because I'm taller than Fara.[view all texts]
I'm allowed to sit in the front seat of the car because I'm taller than Fara.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMido-Juno
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Proto-Mido-Juno
⤷ Mido
⤷ Old Mido
⤷ Minnar
⤷ Central
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Modern Standard Mido
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Proto-Mido-Juno⤷ Mido
⤷ Old Mido
⤷ Minnar
⤷ Central
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Modern Standard MidoPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n1 | ||||||||||
| Plosive | b | tʰ | d | kʰ | g | |||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s2 | ʃ | ʒ3 | x | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | k͡x | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Blends | k͡ʃ | g͡ʒ |
- Pronounced long before plosives
- Pronounced long before plosives.
- Affricated to /dʒ/ after /r/ and /l/.
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | ɨ | |||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɐ͡ɛ | ɐ͡ɪ | ɐ͡ɔ | ɐ͡ɨ | ɛ͡ɪ | ɛ͡ɨ | ɛ͡ɔ | ɛ͡ɐ | ɪ͡ɐ | ɪ͡ɛ |
| ɔ͡ɪ | ʊ͡ɪ | ɐ͡ʊ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Standard Mido. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Modern Standard MidoOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa a /ɐ/ | AE ae ae /ɐ͡ɛ/ | AI ai ai /ɐ͡ɪ/ | AO ao ao /ɐ͡ɔ/ | AU au au /ɐ͡ʊ/ | AY ay ay /ɐ͡ɨ/ | Ii i /ɪ/ | IA ia ia /ɪ͡ɐ/ | IE ie ie /ɪ͡ɛ/ | Uu u /ʊ/ | UI ui ui /ʊ͡ɪ/ |
| Ee e /ɛ/ | EA ea ea /ɛ͡ɐ/ | EI ei ei /ɛ͡ɪ/ | EO eo eo /ɛ͡ɔ/ | EY ey ey /ɛ͡ɨ/ | Oo o /ɔ/ | OI oi oi /ɔ͡ɪ/ | Yy y /ɨ/ | Rr ra /r/ | Ll la /l/ | Mm ma /m/ |
| Nn na /n/1 | Bb ba /b/ | Tt ta /tʰ/ | Dd da /d/ | Cc ca /kʰ/ | Gg ga /g/ | Ff fa /f/ | Vv va /v/ | TH th tha /θ/ | DH dh dha /ð/ | Ss sa /s/2 |
| SH sh sha /ʃ/ | Hh ha /x/ | Jj ja /ʒ/3 | TS ts tsa /t͡s/ | Zz za /d͡z/ | CH ch cha /t͡ʃ/ | DJ dj dja /d͡ʒ/ | CJ cj cja /k͡ʃ/ | GJ gj gja /g͡ʒ/ | HH hh hha /k͡x/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- Pronounced long before plosives
- Pronounced long before plosives.
- Affricated to /dʒ/ after /r/ and /l/.
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