Western Mountains Mau [MWD]
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Western Mountains Mau
Mau taggha [mɑu t̪ɑɣ:ɑ]*
Western Mountains MauMau taggha [mɑu t̪ɑɣ:ɑ]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Western Mountains Mau
== WORK IN PROGRESS ==
Spoken in the Western Mountains (wherever they are!). Goes the other direction than other "dialects": actually expands to even more syllabled words!
Spoken in the Western Mountains (wherever they are!). Goes the other direction than other "dialects": actually expands to even more syllabled words!
Sample of Western Mountains Mau[view] 1 Khoi moi taggha qibbhyu dyau tipuwwa qibbhyu rhimn. / 2 Beikya rhannajhim dhangbabon, ha Jhinoini ekya nge mam boi haqiya fyuthiyan. / 3 Thi, po tyiwadyevau thoba, boi puwwe moi rhoi tchibya ki ha i noizhe mengha dyi xa. / 4 Ha thibya, po mo dyau harhau chanathi atta jhima ki bingau noia moibabya ekya xa. Ha Tinnhuzhe dherhaunu po nyoi zarrabo...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMauic
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Western Mountains Mau
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Western Mountains Mau[view] About MauicThis family is basically the descendants of the imperial Mau language.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʲ | b bʲ | t̪ | d̪ | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k kʲ | g gʲ | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | β:ʲ βʲ | f fʲ | v vʲ | s | z | ʂ ʂ: | ʐ ʐ: | ɕ ɕ: | ʑ ʑ: | x xʲ | ɣ ɣ: ɣʲ | χ χ: χʲ | ʁ ʁ: ʁʲ | h hʲ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡s: | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂ: | t͡ɕ t͡ɕ: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʲ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r rʲ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | ɑ | |||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ | ɔɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Western Mountains Mau. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Western Mountains MauOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | Bb/b/ | BBHY bbhy/β:ʲ/ | BHY bhy/βʲ/ | BY by/bʲ/ | CCH cch/ɕ:/ | CH ch/ɕ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DH dh/ɖ/ |
| DY dy/ɟ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | FY fy/fʲ/ | Gg/g/ | GGH ggh/ɣ:/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | GHY ghy/ɣʲ/ | GY gy/gʲ/ | Hh/h/ |
| HY hy/hʲ/ | Ii/i/ | JH jh/ʑ/ | JJH jjh/ʑ:/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/χ/ | KHY khy/χʲ/ | KKH kkh/χ:/ | KY ky/kʲ/ | Ll/l/ |
| LY ly/lʲ/ | Mm/m/ | MY my/mʲ/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NH nh/ɳ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | OI oi/ɔɪ/ | Pp/p/ |
| PY py/pʲ/ | Qq/ʔ/ | Rr/r/ | RH rh/ʁ/ | RHY rhy/ʁʲ/ | RRH rrh/ʁ:/ | RY ry/rʲ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʂ/ | SSH ssh/ʂ:/ |
| Tt/t̪/ | TCH tch/t͡ɕ/ | TH th/ʈ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TSH tsh/ʈ͡ʂ/ | TTCH ttch/t͡ɕ:/ | TTS tts/t͡s:/ | TTSH ttsh/ʈ͡ʂ:/ | TY ty/c/ | Uu/u/ |
| Vv/v/ | VY vy/vʲ/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | XY xy/xʲ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʐ/ | ZZH zzh/ʐ:/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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