Mayessa [MSS]
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Maces̨a [ma.jɛ.ˈsːa | ma.ʝɛ.ˈsʼa | maj.ˈsa]
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Maces̨a [ma.jɛ.ˈsːa | ma.ʝɛ.ˈsʼa | maj.ˈsa]
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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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- early June: conscript changes.
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.
- 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/.
Hi and welcome to the Mayessan page ! The language may look cool but it's actually extremely shitty rip. :^)
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▼ Mayessan prosody (only IPA is out of date)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.[view all texts]
Back off, man. I'm a scientist.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| 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 |
- Allophone of /nj/
- Before a front vowel, allophone of /c/
- Before a back vowel, allophone of /c/
- Very rare : before /ʟ̝/, allophone of /ɟ/
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! In V/G_V/G, allophone of /θ/
- In contact with a consonant, allophone of /h/
- Allophone of /lj/
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology !
- Allophone of /hw/
- allophone of /u/
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! Before a back vowel, allophone of /ɟ/
- allophone of /y/
- Very rare : /ɾ/ when lengthened
- When it was already allophoned in C_C, allophone of /j/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| 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 |
- See /jɪ/ in blends.
- 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] | |||||||||
- loan words only
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! Before a back vowel
- Very rare : before /ʟ̝/
- Before a front vowel
- Before a back vowel
- Word ending
- loan words only
- Very rare : /ɾ/ when lengthened
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology !
- In contact with a consonant
- Considered a consonant in Mayessan phonology ! In V/G_V/G
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