Islander Mau [MWA]
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Islander Mau
Mɔ̄ká [mɔ́k]*
Islander MauMɔ̄ká [mɔ́k]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Islander Mau
The Mau offspring language spoken in the main cities of the Islands.
The orthography is IPA-like, save for some simplifications, and the tone marks are different:
a - low (22)
á - rising (24)
ā - high (55)
à - falling (51)
â - low falling (31)
ǎ - glottalized rising (2ˀ14)
a̰ - glottalized falling (5ˀ51)
The orthography is IPA-like, save for some simplifications, and the tone marks are different:
a - low (22)
á - rising (24)
ā - high (55)
à - falling (51)
â - low falling (31)
ǎ - glottalized rising (2ˀ14)
a̰ - glottalized falling (5ˀ51)
Sample of Islander Mau[view] 1 Qɛ́ mú ká qi yɔ̄ pú qi xìng nə̄.
/ 2 Wēkî xānɔ̄ jɪ̀ng rɔ̀ngwā pi nə̄, á Sīnā nī ḛkî ngē mɔng wɛ̄ qɛ̰ pǐti nə̄.
/ 3 Tīwî, xə̄ cɔpɔ̰ tōwāwî, wɛ̄ pé mɛ́ xɛ̄ tsəwî́ kɪ́ á yə̰ nɪ̄sə̄ mèngtá yɪ̄ ká. Á ḛkî sə̄ cɔpɔ̰ cɔ tàng, wɛ̄ ḛkî sə̄ xə̄pɔ̌ ɔ̄qə tàng.
/ 4 Á tīwî, xə̄ mó yɔ̄ xɔ̄ nyē tɔ̄ a̰ kɪ́ ngɔ̄ nɪ̄xɪ̄ múwāwî ḛkî ká. Á Núsə̄ ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMauic
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Mau
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Islander Mau
⤷ Proto-Mau
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Mau⤷
Islander Mau[view] About MauicThis family is basically the descendants of the imperial Mau language.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ ŋʷ | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k kʷ | q | ||||
| Fricative | s | x | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | îˀ ǐˀ i᷆ î í ì ǐ | ûˀ ǔˀ u᷆ û ú ù ǔ | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ̂ˀ ɪ̌ˀ ɪ᷆ ɪ̂ ɪ́ ɪ̀ ɪ̌ | |||||||
| Close-mid | êˀ ěˀ e᷆ ê é è ě | ôˀ ǒˀ o᷆ ô ó ò ǒ | ||||||
| Mid | ə̂ˀ ə̌ˀ ə᷆ ə̂ ə́ ə̀ ə̌ | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ̂ˀ ɛ̌ˀ ɛ᷆ ɛ̂ ɛ́ ɛ̀ ɛ̌ | ɔ̂ˀ ɔ̌ˀ ɔ᷆ ɔ̂ ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̌ | ||||||
| Open | âˀ ǎˀ a᷆ â á à ǎ | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Islander Mau. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Islander MauOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Āā/á/ | Ââ/a᷆/ | Aa/à/ | À à/â/ | Á á/ǎ/ | Ǎ ǎ/ǎˀ/ | A̰ a̰/âˀ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/c/ | Dd/d/ | Éé/ě/ |
| Ēē/é/ | Ee/è/ | È è/ê/ | Ê ê/e᷆/ | Ě ě/ěˀ/ | Ḛ ḛ/êˀ/ | Ii/ì/ | Îî/i᷆/ | Ì ì/î/ | Í í/ǐ/ | Ī ī/í/ |
| Ǐ ǐ/ǐˀ/ | Ḭ ḭ/îˀ/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/k/ | Kʷ kʷ/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Oo/ò/ |
| Ōō/ó/ | Ò ò/ô/ | Ó ó/ǒ/ | Ô ô/o᷆/ | Ǒ ǒ/ǒˀ/ | O̰ o̰/ôˀ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| TS ts/t͡s/ | Ūū/ú/ | Uu/ù/ | Ù ù/û/ | Ú ú/ǔ/ | Û û/u᷆/ | Ǔ ǔ/ǔˀ/ | Ṵ ṵ/ûˀ/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ |
| Ŋʷ ŋʷ/ŋʷ/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ̀/ | Ɔ̀ ɔ̀/ɔ̂/ | Ɔ́ ɔ́/ɔ̌/ | Ɔ̂ ɔ̂/ɔ᷆/ | Ɔ̄ ɔ̄/ɔ́/ | Ɔ̌ ɔ̌/ɔ̌ˀ/ | Ɔ̰ ɔ̰/ɔ̂ˀ/ | Əə/ə̀/ | Ə̀ ə̀/ə̂/ | Ə́ ə́/ə̌/ |
| Ə̂ ə̂/ə᷆/ | Ə̄ ə̄/ə́/ | Ə̌ ə̌/ə̌ˀ/ | Ə̰ ə̰/ə̂ˀ/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ̀/ | Ɛ̀ ɛ̀/ɛ̂/ | Ɛ́ ɛ́/ɛ̌/ | Ɛ̂ ɛ̂/ɛ᷆/ | Ɛ̄ ɛ̄/ɛ́/ | Ɛ̌ ɛ̌/ɛ̌ˀ/ | Ɛ̰ ɛ̰/ɛ̂ˀ/ |
| Ɪɪ/ɪ̀/ | Ɪ̀ ɪ̀/ɪ̂/ | Ɪ́ ɪ́/ɪ̌/ | Ɪ̂ ɪ̂/ɪ᷆/ | Ɪ̄ ɪ̄/ɪ́/ | Ɪ̌ ɪ̌/ɪ̌ˀ/ | Ɪ̰ ɪ̰/ɪ̂ˀ/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
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