Monyo [MNO]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Monyo
Monyo is spoken as a native language throughout
Yakormonyo. It is an analytical language, with a short, staccato-like sound. There are no interrogative pronouns, instead a sentence is said and a particle/adposition is added at the end which corresponds answer one wants to get. If it is a polar question, only intonation is changed. It is the official language of
Yakormonyo.


Sample of Monyo[view] Zi xivín si apir ajan kíma. / Zi apir si xivín ajan kíma. / Zi ka si apir ajan kíma. / Zi apir si ka ajan kíma. / Zi nazo si apir ajan kíma. / Zi apir si nazo ajan kíma. / Zi maja si apir ajan kíma. / Zi apir si maja ajan kíma. / Zi ta si apir ajan kíma. / Zi apir si ta ajan kíma.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
Nasal | n | ŋ | ||||||||||
Plosive | t | k | ||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ ɸˢ | βˢ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | ||||
Approximant | [ʋ]1 | [j]2 | ||||||||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ |
Blends | tɸ |
- before a vowel, allophone of /ɯ/
- before a vowel, allophone of /i/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ɯ | ||||
Close-mid | ɘ | |||||
Open-mid | ʌ | |||||
Open | ä |
Polyphthongs | äɪ | ʌɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Monyo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Aa Aa a /ä/ | Ff Ff fo /ɸˢ/ | Gg Gg gi /ɣ/ | Hh Hh ho /x/ | Íí Íí í /ɘ/ | Ii Ii i /i/ | Jj Jj ji /ʒ/ | Kk Kk ko /k/ | Mm Mm ma /ɓ/ | Ññ Ńń ńa /ŋ/ |
Nn Nn na /n/ | Oo Oo o /ʌ/ | Pp Pp pi /tɸ/ | Rr Rr ro /ɾ/ | Ss Ss so /s/ | Tt Tt to /t/ | Uu Uu u /ɯ/ | Vv Vv vi /βˢ/ | Xx Xx xo /ʃ/ | Zz Zz zi /z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Monyo Constitution
constitution of Yakormonyo
22-Apr-19 12:45Monyo Grammar in a Nutshell
self-explanatory
29-Mar-19 10:49