Masconde [MSK]
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[Deactivated User] on 12 February 2014
Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Masconde
I've really fought with myself over what to call this, but I suppose that Maskųti is, indeed, an art-lang. In time, like with Quenya, I hope this can be developed enough to be spoken.
In general, Maskųti is my attempt at creating and formatting a language that phonetically compensates for my Ankyloglossia. Also, in deciding my phones, four rules were critical for me and act as the reason Maskųti seems odd:
1. NO long vowels;
2. NO high vowels;
3. NO aspirated consonants;
4. NO geminated consonants.
Update: As a way of trimming what I will call "idea fat," I have decided on a purging of old allophony and a redo on two phones I liked, but I really like the feel of the new ones more.
In general, Maskųti is my attempt at creating and formatting a language that phonetically compensates for my Ankyloglossia. Also, in deciding my phones, four rules were critical for me and act as the reason Maskųti seems odd:
1. NO long vowels;
2. NO high vowels;
3. NO aspirated consonants;
4. NO geminated consonants.
Update: As a way of trimming what I will call "idea fat," I have decided on a purging of old allophony and a redo on two phones I liked, but I really like the feel of the new ones more.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pˡ pʲ | b | t tʷ | [d] | k kʷ kˡ | [g] | [ʔ] | |||||||||||
Fricative | f fˡ fʲ | v | θ θʷ | ð | s | [z]2 | ʃ ʃʷ ʃˡ | ʒ | [x]3 | [ɣ]4 | [h] | |||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | [l]5 | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | [j]6 | [w]7 |
Blends | sk | ʃt | sm | ʃn | sp |
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /ð/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /v/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close-mid | e eˀ ẽ | o oˀ õ | ||
Near-open | æ æˀ æ̃ | |||
Open | ɑ ɑˀ ɑ̃ |
Polyphthongs | aɪ | ɑʊ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Masconde. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
MascondeOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Ąą/ɑ̃/ | A' a'/ɑˀ/ | AU au/ɑʊ/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ] | Ęę/æ̃/ | Ee/æ/ | E' e'/æˀ/ | EI ei/aɪ/ | Hh/f/ |
HÇ hç/d͡ʒ/ | HK hk/g/ | HP hp/b/ | HS hs/z/ | HT ht/d/ | Įį/ẽ/ | Ii/e/ | I' i'/eˀ/ | Kk/k/, [ɣ], [x], [g], [ŋ] | KL kl/kˡ/ |
KV kv/kʷ/ | Ll/ð/, [l] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/, [b], [m] | PL pl/pˡ/ | PY py/pʲ/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ss/s/, [z] | SK sk/sk/ |
ŞL şl/ʃˡ/ | SM sm/sm/ | ŞN şn/ʃn/ | SP sp/sp/ | ŞT şt/ʃt/ | SV sv/θʷ/ | ŞV şv/ʃʷ/ | Tt/t/, [d] | TV tv/tʷ/ | Ųų/õ/ |
Uu/o/ | U' u'/oˀ/ | Vv/v/, [w] | VL vl/fˡ/ | VY vy/fʲ/ | Yy/ʒ/, [j] | Łł/θ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |