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Mayessa
Maces̨a
[ma.jɛ.ˈsːa | ma.ʝɛ.ˈsʼa | maj.ˈsa]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 22 August 2016
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species Human/humanoid
About Mayessa
&q‍‍‍id| &es| &er0aç| &2sçstiese| &mace7aew| !
Hi and welcome to the Mayessan page !
The language may look cool but it's actually extremely shitty rip. :^)


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Updates


- early June: conscript changes.

Summary


My main conlang, 90% artlang, 10% a priori. Agglutinative and phonologically unaesthetic with a partly syllabary alphabet. Unique prosody and phonemes.

In one dimension, it is known as a minority language of Sahar in  Unknown country [MJR] and  Unknown country [HYL]. In another, it's one of the two official languages of Pozdow, planet Monfast.

Facts


- SVO :
- agglutinating ;
- head-first ;
- verb-framed ;
- nominative/accusative alignment but no marked accusative ;
- few tenses ;
- lots of regular declensions (but no accusative) ;
- possession through genitive or affixes ;
- determiners are affixes ;
- possible passive voice included in conjugations ;
- possible negative conjugations ;
- complex prosody ;
- very allophonic ;
- very palatal : /ɲ c ɟ ç ç̠ ʝ̠ ʎ j/ ;
- lots of glides : /ʋ j ʍ w ɰ ɥ ð̞/.

Gallery

▼ Mayessan accents in Pozdow


▼ Mayessan prosody (only IPA is out of date)
Sample of Mayessa[view] Zilos̨a, pogla. Satas̨a seriferg.

Back off, man. I'm a scientist.
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Latest vocabulary
kzem̨anrabbit
miivvmeow
poglandude
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottalOther
Nasal m m:     n n: [ɲ]1          
Plosive (p) (b)     t t: d c c: ɟ   [k]2 [q]3 [ɢ]4    
Fricative   f f: θ θ: [ð̞]5 s s: ç ç̠   [x]6   h  
Affricate         c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ          
Lateral approximant       l [ʎ]7   ʟ̝      
Approximant   ʋ8     j [ʍ]9 [w]10 [ɰ]11     [ɥ]12
Trill       r13            
Flap       ɾ            
Blends səθ sa sje [jɪ]14 ʋwa si θi mi jn lʋa
ɟyɾ ɾa jyc
  1. Allophone of /nj/
  2. Before a front vowel, allophone of /c/
  3. Before a back vowel, allophone of /c/
  4. Very rare : before /ʟ̝/, allophone of /ɟ/
  5. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! In V/G_V/G, allophone of /θ/
  6. In contact with a consonant, allophone of /h/
  7. Allophone of /lj/
  8. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology !
  9. Allophone of /hw/
  10. allophone of /u/
  11. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! Before a back vowel, allophone of /ɟ/
  12. allophone of /y/
  13. Very rare : /ɾ/ when lengthened
  14. When it was already allophoned in C_C, allophone of /j/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close i y     u
Near-close   [ɪ]1    
Close-mid       [ɤ]2 o
Mid     ə  
Open-mid ɛ œ      
Open a      
Polyphthongs yj oj oθə
  1. See /jɪ/ in blends.
  2. Word ending, allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mayessa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MayessaOrthography [edit]
&a|
Aa
a
/a/
&b|
Bb
be
/b/1
&c|
Cc
cao
/j/
&3|
CL cl
cla
/ç̠/
&d|
Dd
da
/d/
&0|
Ëë
ë
/ə/
&e|
Ee
e
/ɛ/
&f|
Ff
fa
/f/
&g|
Gg
ga
/ɟ/, [ɰ]2, [ɢ]3
&é|
GÜR gür
güro
/ɟyɾ/
&h|
Hh
ha
/j/
&ù|
HN hn
ehno
/jn/
&è|
HÜK hük
hüko
/jyc/
&‍‍‍i|
Ii
i
/i/, [j]
&k|
Kk
ka
/c/, [k]4, [q]5
&4|
K̨ k̨
k̨a
/c:/
&l|
Ll
la
/l/
&ç|
LVA lva
elvao
/lʋa/
&m|
Mm
ma
/m/
&ä|
MI mi
mio
/mi/
&5|
M̨ m̨
m̨a
/m:/
&n|
Nn
na
/n/
&6|
N̨ n̨
n̨a
/n:/
&o|
Oo
o
/o/, [ɤ]6
&1|
Öö
ö
/œ/
&ü|
OZË ozë
ozëo
/oθə/
&p|
Pp
pe
/p/7
&q|
Qq
qa
/ç/
&r|
Rr
ra
/ɾ/, /r/8
&ô|
RA ra
rao
/ɾa/
&s|
Ss
sa
/s/
&ö|
SA sa
sao
/sa/
&à|
SËZ sëz
sëzo
/səθ/
&â|
SI si
sio
/si/
&û|
SIE sie
sieo
/sje/
&7|
S̨ s̨
s̨a
/s:/
&t|
Tt
ta
/t/
&9|
T̨ t̨
ta
/t:/
&2|
Üü
ü
/y/, [ɥ]
&u|
Uu
u
/u/, [w]
&ê|
UI ui
uiö
/oj/
&ë|
ÜR ür
üro
/yj/
&v|
Vv
va
/ʋ/9
&w|
VOA voa
evoao
/ʋwa/
&8|
V̨ v̨
v̨a
/f:/
&j|
Ww
k̨eiilo
//
&x|
Xx
xa
/h/, [x]10
&z|
Zz
za
/θ/, [ð̞]11
&î|
ZI zi
zio
/θi/
&y|
Ɀɀ
ɀa
/θ:/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. loan words only
  2. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! Before a back vowel
  3. Very rare : before /ʟ̝/
  4. Before a front vowel
  5. Before a back vowel
  6. Word ending
  7. loan words only
  8. Very rare : /ɾ/ when lengthened
  9. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology !
  10. In contact with a consonant
  11. Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! In V/G_V/G
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Pronunciation 14-Jun-17 12:03
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Conjugations 12-May-17 11:31
Declinations 06-May-17 09:50
Prosody 16-Apr-17 12:28
Some idiotisms 03-Apr-17 12:12
Typological information for Mayessa

Morphological typologyAgglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignmentNominative/Accusative
Negation markingAffix
Number of nominal casesEight cases or more
Primary writing systemConscript

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