Modern Minké [MMNKE]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersModern Minké is spoken by a population of around 640,000 in Nilikwanesha.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Modern Minké
In-Universe
The most widely-spoken Minkéic language. Spoken in Nílikwanäşa, known in English as Nilikwanesha, a country made up of IRL Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland/Labrador, and part of Quebec. It is notably polysynthetic, split ergative by animacy where nominative-accusative applies to inanimate and animate while ergative-absolutive applies to abstract animacy, and OSV.
The most widely-spoken Minkéic language. Spoken in Nílikwanäşa, known in English as Nilikwanesha, a country made up of IRL Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland/Labrador, and part of Quebec. It is notably polysynthetic, split ergative by animacy where nominative-accusative applies to inanimate and animate while ergative-absolutive applies to abstract animacy, and OSV.
Sample of Modern Minké[view] Aþítótäŵúkalkańtónaqúnuqtut kwanétaþítótäŵúkatótäŵúkalkańtónaqkireqatúquŕqilénqaténtís
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Language family relationships
Language treeMinkéic
⤷ Proto-Minkéic
⤷ pre-Old Minké
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Old Minké
⤷ Middle Minké
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Modern Minké
⤷ Proto-Minkéic
⤷ pre-Old Minké
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Old Minké⤷ Middle Minké
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Modern Minké[view] About MinkéicThe Minkéic languages are a family of Amerindianic languages closely related to the Algic, Penutian, and Eskaleut languages of the United States and Canada. They are known for a high degree of polysynthesis, ergativity, long/short vowel distinction, ...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n̥ | n | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | t | k | q | |||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | θ | s | ʃ | x | χ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i: | ɯ: | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||
| Close-mid | e: | ø | o: | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | ɔ | ||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Minké. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Modern MinkéOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ää ät /æ/ | Aa at /a/ | Çç ça /t͡ʃ/ | Cc ca /t͡s/ | CH ch cha /χ/ | Éé ét /e:/ | Ee et /ɛ/ | Ff fa /ɸ/ | Hh ha /x/ | Ii it /ɪ/ | Íí ít /i:/ |
| Kk ka /k/ | Ll la /ɬ/ | Mm ma /m/ | Nn na /n/ | Ńń ńa /n̥/ | Ṇṇ ṇa /ŋ/ | Oo ot /ɔ/ | Öö öt /œ/ | Óó ót /o:/ | Qq qa /q/ | Rr ra /r/ |
| Ŕŕ ŕa /ʀ/ | Ss sa /s/ | Şş şa /ʃ/ | Tt ta /t/ | Uu ut /ʌ/ | Úú út /ɯ:/ | Ww wa /w/ | Ŵŵ ŵa /ʍ/ | Øø øt /ø/ | Þþ þa /θ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
