Manean [MQQ]
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Josué on 4 January 2020
+ shared with: Awato-Mänean Languages
+ shared with: Awato-Mänean Languages
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken by a population of around 22,500,000 in:
ManeaOfficial
ManeaOfficialSpecies
Human/humanoid
About Manean
Mañic language spoken in Manea.
See also:
Awatese 
Mañi 
Manean Kwang 
West Manean
- no tone
- omnipresent /æ/ ⟨a⟩
-no singular/plural distinction
-pluractionality
-3 genders: inanimate, animate (non-human), human
-crazy verbs
-see this article for more
kináŋastumádekrwodenoŋasnimáfedekrafra
fjenáwesánanitmáonanáxoŋnjorwodenoŋasni
máfedekrafrafjenáwesánanitmáonanáxoŋnjo
jefanáwes?
Kinąngastumądekrvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanit
mąonanąxongnyorvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanit
mąonanąxongnyoyefanąves?
ki-ną-ngas-tu-mą-dek-rv-o-de-no-ngas-ni-mą-fe-dek-raf~raf-ye-nąves-
ąnani-tmą-o-na-ną-xongny-o~
rvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanitmąonanąxongnyo-ye-fa-
nąves
INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions-HSYHearsay evidential (evidential)
'I have heard that...'-CONDConditional (mood)
would-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients)-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-OPTOptative (mood)
'wish, hope'-woman-DEFDefinite
"the"-RELRelative-ASSAssumptive (mood/evid)
assumed truth-CONDConditional (mood)
would-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed-OPTOptative (mood)
'wish, hope'-wash~PLUPluractionality
multiple instances occur-
PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit-cassava-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).POSSGPossessed (case)
marks being owned-DEFDefinite
"the"-in-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-river-DEFDefinite
"the"~PLUPluractionality
multiple instances occur-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-NEGNegative (polarity)
not-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit
[kinɑŋæstumɑð̞eɡɾʋoð̞enoŋæsɲimɑɸeð̞eɡɾæɸɾæɸjenɑʋesɑɲæɲ
idmɑoɲænɑʃoŋɲjoɾʋoð̞enoŋæsɲimɑɸeð̞eɡɾæɸɾæɸjenɑʋesɑɲæɲ
idmɑoɲænɑʃoŋɲjojeɸænɑʋes]
'Did I hear that you would not have been making them want
to be the women who (assumedly) would have been wanting
to make their cassava be washed in the river?'
Manea.See also:
Awatese Mañi Manean Kwang West Manean- omnipresent /æ/ ⟨a⟩
-no singular/plural distinction
-pluractionality
-3 genders: inanimate, animate (non-human), human
-crazy verbs
-see this article for more
kináŋastumádekrwodenoŋasnimáfedekrafra
fjenáwesánanitmáonanáxoŋnjorwodenoŋasni
máfedekrafrafjenáwesánanitmáonanáxoŋnjo
jefanáwes?
Kinąngastumądekrvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanit
mąonanąxongnyorvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanit
mąonanąxongnyoyefanąves?
ki-ną-ngas-tu-mą-dek-rv-o-de-no-ngas-ni-mą-fe-dek-raf~raf-ye-nąves-
ąnani-tmą-o-na-ną-xongny-o~
rvodenongasnimąfedekrafrafyenąvesąnanitmąonanąxongnyo-ye-fa-
nąves
INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions-HSYHearsay evidential (evidential)
'I have heard that...'-CONDConditional (mood)
would-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients)-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-OPTOptative (mood)
'wish, hope'-woman-DEFDefinite
"the"-RELRelative-ASSAssumptive (mood/evid)
assumed truth-CONDConditional (mood)
would-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed-OPTOptative (mood)
'wish, hope'-wash~PLUPluractionality
multiple instances occur-
PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit-cassava-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).POSSGPossessed (case)
marks being owned-DEFDefinite
"the"-in-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-river-DEFDefinite
"the"~PLUPluractionality
multiple instances occur-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-NEGNegative (polarity)
not-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit
[kinɑŋæstumɑð̞eɡɾʋoð̞enoŋæsɲimɑɸeð̞eɡɾæɸɾæɸjenɑʋesɑɲæɲ
idmɑoɲænɑʃoŋɲjoɾʋoð̞enoŋæsɲimɑɸeð̞eɡɾæɸɾæɸjenɑʋesɑɲæɲ
idmɑoɲænɑʃoŋɲjojeɸænɑʋes]
'Did I hear that you would not have been making them want
to be the women who (assumedly) would have been wanting
to make their cassava be washed in the river?'
Sample of Manean[view] Ąneturaf ąnani ru nąna xongnyo.
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Oã' Ñi
Wa Ñi[view] About NgerupicA large language family from the northern Big Continent of the Aay world / from former Sharkunen in Sahar.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b]2 | t | [d]3 | k | [g]4 | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | ð̞ | s | ʃ | ʁ̞5 | h | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- [ɻ] in most dialects but Standard Komanyo Manean
- allophone of /l/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ä | |||||
Stress informationroot initial
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Manean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ManeanOrthography | ||||||||||
| a a /æ/ | á ą /ä/ | d d /ð̞/ | e e /e/ | f f /ɸ/ | h h /h/ | i i /i/ | k k /k/, [g] | l l /l/, [ʎ] | m m /m/ | n n /n/, [ɲ] |
| ŋ ng /ŋ/ | o o /o/ | p p /p/, [b] | r r /r/ | ř ř /ʁ̞/1 | s s /s/ | t t /t/, [d] | u u /u/ | w v /ʋ/ | x x /ʃ/ | j y /j/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- [ɻ] in most dialects but Standard Komanyo Manean
Additional Notesin situations in which ⟨ą⟩ or ⟨ř⟩ are not available, one may use ⟨q⟩ and ⟨g⟩ respectively
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