Miaow [MIAOW]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersMiaow is spoken by a population of 100 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Miaow
Spoken by a species of magical cat creatures called Miaowers.
Phonological features:
- tone
- purry voice
- chirps
- trills
- hisses
- yowls
- meowy sounds
Miaowers have great hearing, so they make distinctions between several similar-sounding phonemes [such as /h/ vs /ɦ/] and use others that are kind of quiet [such as the bidental percussive].
Phonological features:
- tone
- purry voice
- chirps
- trills
- hisses
- yowls
- meowy sounds
Miaowers have great hearing, so they make distinctions between several similar-sounding phonemes [such as /h/ vs /ɦ/] and use others that are kind of quiet [such as the bidental percussive].
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Language family relationships
Language treeCryptic
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Miaow[view] About CrypticThis language family contains cryptolects spoken by various subcultures in my conworld. These languages are diverse and were formed from influences such as: slang, jargon, and language games. Some of them were designed for magic and ritual purposes. ...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m m͋ | n n͋ | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ ɴ͋ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | k | g | q | ɢ | ʡ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | s1 s: s͋ s̠ | ʃ ʃ͋ ʃ̙ | [ʝ]2 | x x: | [χ]3 | [ʁ]4 | [ħ]5 | ʜ | ʢ | h h̪͆6 | ɧ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | q͡χ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ʎ̘̥ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | ɻ7 | j | ʍ | w | ɰ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | t̪θ | t̪x | t̪s |
- all /s/-based sounds are sometimes sulcalized
- allophone of /j/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ʀ/
- allophone of /ɢ/
- This is merely a bidental percussive [ʭ]
- Not actually /ɻ/ - rather, indicates that the following syllable is spoken with a purry voice
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | ||
| Close | i ḭ ĩ iˤ î í ì ǐ | |||
| Near-close | ʊ ʊ̰ ʊ̃ ʊˤ ʊ̂ ʊ́ ʊ̀ ʊ̌ | |||
| Open | a a̰ ã aˤ â á à ǎ | |||
| Polyphthongs | aʊ aʊ̰ aʊ̃ aʊ̂ aʊ́ aʊ̀ aʊ̌ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Miaow. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| MiaowOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AOW aow/aʊ/ | AOW˥ aow˥/aʊ́/ | AOW˥˩ aow˥˩/aʊ̂/ | AOW˩ aow˩/aʊ̀/ | AOW˩˥ aow˩˥/aʊ̌/ | Aˤ aˤ/aˤ/ | A˥ a˥/á/ | A˥˩ a˥˩/â/ | A˩ a˩/à/ |
| A˩˥ a˩˥/ǎ/ | A̰ a̰/a̰/ | A̰OW a̰ow/aʊ̰/ | A͋ a͋/ã/ | A͋O͋W a͋o͋w/aʊ̃/ | Gg/g/ | GK gk/ɢ/ | GN gn/ɳ/ | Hh/h/ | HG hg/ʜ/ |
| Ii/i/ | Iˤ iˤ/iˤ/ | I˥ i˥/í/ | I˥˩ i˥˩/î/ | I˩ i˩/ì/ | I˩˥ i˩˥/ǐ/ | Ḭ ḭ/ḭ/ | I͋ i͋/ĩ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/ɬ/ |
| Mm/m/ | M͋ m͋/m͋/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NK nk/ɴ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | N͋ n͋/n͋/ | N͋K n͋k/ɴ͋/ | Oo/ʊ/ | Oˤ oˤ/ʊˤ/ |
| O˥ o˥/ʊ́/ | O˥˩ o˥˩/ʊ̂/ | O˩ o˩/ʊ̀/ | O˩˥ o˩˥/ʊ̌/ | O̰ o̰/ʊ̰/ | O͋ o͋/ʊ̃/ | Qq/q/ | QX qx/q͡χ/ | Rr/ʀ/ | Ss/s/1 |
| SL sl/s/2 | SS ss/s:/ | SX sx/s̠/ | S͋ s͋/s͋/ | Tt/t̪θ/ | TS ts/t̪s/ | TX tx/t̪x/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | XX xx/x:/ |
| Yy/j/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | ƩX ʃx/ʃ̙/ | Ʃ͋ ʃ͋/ʃ͋/ | ɧ/ɧ/ | ɰ/ɰ/ | ɹ/ɹ/ | Ɽɽ/ɽ/ | ɾ/ɾ/ | ʍ/ʍ/ |
| ʎ/ʎ̘̥/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | ʡ/ʡ/ | ʢ/ʢ/ | ʭ/h̪͆/3 | ٭/ɻ/4 | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- all /s/-based sounds are sometimes sulcalized
- Slide the tongue back across the roof of the mouth
- This is merely a bidental percussive [ʭ]
- Not actually /ɻ/ - rather, indicates that the following syllable is spoken with a purry voice
Conscript
Additional NotesThe script is written in two-by-two blocks and is meant to resemble ceramic tiles. Learn more about the orthography here: https://conworkshop.com/view_article.php?ns=e933e4de7196e478c7538a5e52c53b3d
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