Minotaur [MRB]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Minotaur
Also known as North Minotaur, spoken around the ecuator by the river on the border of Amthi and Ŕepčilźemě - one of the most linguistically diverse areas in my conworld.
The most of Minotaur vocabulary is Greek, and a bit of it is Nepali. However, its grammar is highly agluttinative, with almost 30 noun cases, adjective following the noun, and the VSO word order.
The most of Minotaur vocabulary is Greek, and a bit of it is Nepali. However, its grammar is highly agluttinative, with almost 30 noun cases, adjective following the noun, and the VSO word order.
Sound samples in Minotaur
Some sound samples of Minotaur. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Anþropusineyu.
I am a human.
I am a human.
Poti þa fagito ðorian?
When do we get the free food?
When do we get the free food?
Gyati jaryu jaro iðyu anamenme phorina pharok? Ðeyne yo urizmos þrilla?
Why do I keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result? Isn't that the definition of in...
Why do I keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result? Isn't that the definition of in...
Khokura yujjhlyeg!
The dogs attacked me!
The dogs attacked me!
Alla poli kakotege aja ke poli xazosyu ke misyolyaðame.
But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.
But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.
Vasilis psarine.
The king is a fish.
The king is a fish.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | x | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʰ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
| Polyphthongs | ia | ie | iu | io |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Minotaur. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MinotaurOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ää/ia/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ | Ěě/ie/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ |
| Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | JH jh/d͡ʒʰ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Ųų/iu/ | Uu/u/ |
| Vv/v/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ðð/ð/ | Þþ/θ/ | Đđ/d͡z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ёё/io/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
