Michongese [MICHO]
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Language type
Logical Language (Loglang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Michongese
Conscript = Work In Progress
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Michongese[view] About ChineseThe Sinitic languages,[2] often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a language family frequently postulated as one of two primary branches of Sino-Tibetan.[3][4] The Bai languages may be Sinitic (classification is difficult);[5] otherwise Sini...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | ɕ | ɦ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | j | |||||||||||||
- can only occur after /ɑ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ɔ/, /iɑ/ and /yɛ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɛi | ia1 | [iɑ]2 | au | yɛ | ɔi | ɑi |
- becomes /iɑ/ when infront of /ŋ/
- allophone of /ia/
Syllable StructureMostly CV, and CVC when ⟨-ng⟩ is added after a short vowel.
In rare cases it can be VC when ⟨-ng⟩ is added after a vowel without a consonant infront of it.
In rare cases it can be VC when ⟨-ng⟩ is added after a vowel without a consonant infront of it.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Michongese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| MichongeseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a/ɑ/ | ā/a/ | ai/ɑi/ | au/au/ | b/b/ | c/ɕ/ | ch/t͡ɕ/ | d/d/ | ē/e/ |
| ě/ə/ | e/ɛ/ | ei/ɛi/ | f/f/ | h/ɦ/ | ī/i/ | i/ɪ/ | ia/ia/1, [iɑ] | k/k/ |
| l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ng/ŋ/2 | ō/o/ | o/ɔ/ | oi/ɔi/ | p/p/ | r/ɹ/ |
| s/s/ | sh/ʃ/ | t/t/ | ü/y/ | u/u/ | ue/yɛ/ | w/ʋ/ | y/j/ | z/t͡s/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- becomes /iɑ/ when infront of /ŋ/
- can only occur after /ɑ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ɔ/, /iɑ/ and /yɛ/
Additional NotesMishongese uses syllables. Every consonant can be in front of any vowel/polyphthong. (Exception for /ŋ/, since it can only occur after /ɑ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ɔ/, /iɑ/ and /yɛ/.)
There are 18 consonants and 23 vowels (including /-ɑŋ/, /-ɛŋ/, etc.), which gives us a total of 414 syllables that can be used.
(18 consonants × 23 vowels = 414 combinations)
⟨ch⟩ may be written as ⟨č⟩,
⟨ng⟩ may be written as ⟨ň⟩,
⟨sh⟩ may be written as ⟨š⟩,
⟨ā⟩ may be written as ⟨aa⟩,
⟨ē⟩ may be written as ⟨ee⟩,
⟨ī⟩ may be written as ⟨ii⟩ and
⟨ō⟩ may be written as ⟨oo⟩.
There are 18 consonants and 23 vowels (including /-ɑŋ/, /-ɛŋ/, etc.), which gives us a total of 414 syllables that can be used.
(18 consonants × 23 vowels = 414 combinations)
⟨ch⟩ may be written as ⟨č⟩,
⟨ng⟩ may be written as ⟨ň⟩,
⟨sh⟩ may be written as ⟨š⟩,
⟨ā⟩ may be written as ⟨aa⟩,
⟨ē⟩ may be written as ⟨ee⟩,
⟨ī⟩ may be written as ⟨ii⟩ and
⟨ō⟩ may be written as ⟨oo⟩.
