Mîrkšam [MRM]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Mîrkšam
The proto-language of the Mîrkšamic family. Spoken on the southern shores of the mainland on the western hemisphere of Potena Ğazta. Features vowel harmony, a lack of adjectives, and heavy right branching. A grammar and more detailed lexicon are available here.
Sample of Mîrkšam[view] Eśrep. Mirenijtśejmsmiz tfot tjahmi. Ehûremjanahwe gâr.
Hello. My name is James Smith. I am pleased to meet you.[view all texts]
Hello. My name is James Smith. I am pleased to meet you.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Mîrkšam
Some sound samples of Mîrkšam. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Eśrep. Mirenijtśejmsmiz tfot tjahmi. Ehûremjanahwe gâr.
Hello. My name is James Smith. I am pleased to meet you.
Hello. My name is James Smith. I am pleased to meet you.
Tšurie ekôsšô!
Zhu Li, do the thing!
Zhu Li, do the thing!
Êkzîîrkhêh (tjahûk)!
Don't kill me!
Don't kill me!
Ârošuhufurpton gozuk shihrima.
I will make a new home.
I will make a new home.
Arećam śa ćńôûjt.
I think, therefore, I am.
I think, therefore, I am.
Language family relationships
[view] About MîrkšamicThe manifold tongues of the western shore-people.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b] | t | [d] | c | [ɟ] | k | [g] | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β] | θ | [ð] | s | [z] | ɕ | [ʑ] | ç | [ʝ] | x | [ɣ] | [h] | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | [ɥ] | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ] | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o |
| Open | a | ɶ | ||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mîrkšam. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MîrkšamOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Ââ/ɶ/ | Aa/a/ | Ćć/c/, [ɟ] | Ee/e/ | Êê/ø/ | Ff/ɸ/, [β] | Gg/ŋ/ | Hh/x/, [h], [ɣ] | Ii/i/ |
| Îî/y/ | Jj/j/, [ɥ] | Kk/k/, [g] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ńń/ɲ/ | Ôô/ɤ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/, [b] |
| Rr/r/, [ɾ] | Šš/ç/, [ʝ] | Ss/s/, [z] | Śś/ɕ/, [ʑ] | Tt/t/, [d] | Uu/u/ | Ûû/ɯ/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/θ/, [ð] |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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