Mentus [MNTS]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersMentus is spoken by a population of around 496,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | q | [ʔ]1 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | ħ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ɮ2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɮ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
- before front or near-front vowel phonemes, allophone of /q/
- rare
- word-initially or before a voiceless consonant, allophone of /ɮ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɵ | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Near-open | [æ]1 | [ɐ]2 | ||||||
| Open | a ã3 | ɒ | ||||||
- after palatal consonants, allophone of /a/
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /a/
- only occurs in the word ўаьн "no, not"
OtherWhen not before a front or near-front vowel, [q] and [ʔ] are in free variation.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mentus. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MentusOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Аа/ɒ/, [æ]1, [ɐ]2 | АЬ аь/a/ | Ӑӑ/ə/ | Бб/b/ | Вв/β/ | Гг/g/ | ГЬ гь/ɟ/ | Ӷӷ/ɣ/ | Дд/d/ | ДЛ дл/d͡ɮ/3 |
| Ее/e/ | Жж/ʒ/ | Зз/z/ | Ии/i/ | Йй/j/ | Іі/ɪ/ | Кк/k/ | КЬ кь/c/ | Ққ/q/, [ʔ]4 | Лл/ɮ/, [l]5 |
| Мм/m/ | Нн/n/ | НЬ нь/ɲ/ | Ңң/ŋ/ | Оо/o/ | ОЬ оь/ø/ | Пп/p/ | Рр/r/ | Сс/s/ | Тт/t/ |
| Уу/u/ | УЬ уь/y/ | Ўў/ʋ/ | Фф/ɸ/ | Хх/x/ | Ҳҳ/ħ/ | Шш/ʃ/ | Ъъ/ɵ/ | Ыы/ɯ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- after palatal consonants
- in unstressed syllables
- rare
- before front or near-front vowel phonemes
- word-initially or before a voiceless consonant
