Maryan Coptic [MXM]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Maryan Coptic
This page is no longer receiving new entires nor updates as of August 2020. For further development on this conlang, click here.
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⳣⲟϩ ⲓ ⲛⲩϥⲉ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉⲙⲩⲧⲭⲏⲙⲉ!
[ˈnɔf.ɾə ʔəˈɾoː.tən wɔh iː ˈnuː.fə jə.təˌmut̚ˈkʰeː.mə]
"Hello everyone and welcome to the Maryan Coptic language!"
Maryan Coptic (ⲧⲉⲙⲩⲧⲭⲏⲙⲉ, tr. temutkʰēme) is my personal take on "modernizing" the Coptic language, while also making sure I preserve the majority of its niches and grammar.
Here are some notable things about Maryan Coptic:
External Links:
* Conlang Wiki (Abandoned)
* Linguifex Contionary (Ongoing)
[ˈnɔf.ɾə ʔəˈɾoː.tən wɔh iː ˈnuː.fə jə.təˌmut̚ˈkʰeː.mə]
"Hello everyone and welcome to the Maryan Coptic language!"
Maryan Coptic (ⲧⲉⲙⲩⲧⲭⲏⲙⲉ, tr. temutkʰēme) is my personal take on "modernizing" the Coptic language, while also making sure I preserve the majority of its niches and grammar.
Here are some notable things about Maryan Coptic:
- A modified Coptic alphabet is utilized as the standard script, unfortunately not all computers support the unicode to show the script properly.
- The vocabulary is comprised of 85% Coptic (mostly Bohairic, some Sahidic), 12% Greek, 1% Semitic, and 2% Other.
- Distinction between 2nd-person masculine and feminine singular, as is with most Semitic languages.
- Distinction between unaspirated and aspirated voiceless stops (also [almost] no voiced stops).
- Majuscule letters are used sparingly, only to mark proper nouns.
- Agglutination to form more complex nouns and verbs.
- Certain verbs (and nouns) containing consonantal roots can take on up to 4 states: Absolute (dictionary form / no linked object), Construct (links to a noun or verb), Pronominal (links to a pronoun), and Qualitative (expresses a state or quality rather than an action).
External Links:
* Conlang Wiki (Abandoned)
* Linguifex Contionary (Ongoing)
Sample of Maryan Coptic[view] ⲙ̀ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲱⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉⳕ ⲛⲏⲉⲧⲱⲛϧ / ⲡⲁⲓϩⲱⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉⳕ ⲛⲏⲉⲑⲙⲱⲩⲧ / ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲁϩⲟ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲡⲉⲕⲁϩⲉ / ϯⲉϣⲛⲁⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲏⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲙⲱⲓⲧ / ⲉⲛⲛⲁⲧⲱⲛⲉⲓ ⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ / ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲁⲓⲉϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲛⲧⲉⳕ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ / ϩⲗⲓ ⲉϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲉ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ, ϩⲗⲓ ⲉϥϫⲱϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲧⲉ / ϯⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ϩⲉϣⲱ ⲉ̀ϩⲟⲧⲡⲉⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉⳕ-ⲁⲑⳣⲱⲛϩ / ϯⲥⲟⲃⲧⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉⳕ-ⲫⲱϣ / ⲉⲓⲟⲑⲛⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϩⲣⲟⲧ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲥⲟⲑⲙⲉϥ ⲁⲣⲏⲩ / ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ, ⲙⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ / ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁⲙⲁ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲓⲙ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAfroasiatic
⤷ Proto-Afroasiatic
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Ancient Egyptian
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Coptic
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Maryan Coptic
⤷ Proto-Afroasiatic
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Ancient Egyptian⤷
Coptic⤷
Maryan Coptic[view] About AfroasiaticThe Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel. They have over 350 million native speakers, and include the liturgical languages of multiple religions, including Islam, Judais...
[edit] [view] ⲧⲉⲁⲥⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⳗⲉ (Classical Cholevo-Central)Classical Cholevo-Central is an old Maryan Coptic dialect spoken around 400 BCE. It would serve as the ancestor of what would later become the Central and Cholevic dialect.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | [b]2 | (t) tʰ | k kʰ | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | β | f | s | ʃ | [ç]3 | x | h | [ɦ]4 | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]5 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | tɪ | ps | ks | ti ti: |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /β/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | [i]1 i: | [u]2 u: | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]3 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||||
| Mid | [ə]4 | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | äʊ | ɛɪ | [əɪ]5 | ɛʊ | eu | ɔu | oɪ | uɪ | eɪ | ou |
| ɔɪ | äɪ | iu |
- allophone of /i:/
- allophone of /u:/
- allophone of /i:/
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /i:/
Syllable Structure(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
Stress informationVowels that can indicate a stress are called "strong" vowels. All long vowels in native Coptic orthography carry a stress: ⲏ, ⲓ, ⲟ, and ⲩ. Some short vowels also carry stress: ⲁ ⲟ. However, ⲓ, ⲩ, and ⲁ are unstressed if a multi-syllable word (usually two syllables) has a strong vowel on the ultima syllable: ⲧⲩⲃⲟ /tuˈβɔʔ/ (to purify), ⲁⲗⲓⲗ /aˈliːl/ (mouse), and ϯⲙⲁ /tiˈmaʔ/ (to allow).
Unfortunately, for loan words of non-Afroasiatic origin, stress has to be memorized based on their original language: ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ /aˈkape/ (love, from Greek αγάπη), ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ /stawˈɾɔs/ (cross, from Greek σταυρός), and ⲧⲩⲛⲇⲣⲁ /ˈtuntɾa/ (tundra, from Russian тундра)
Unfortunately, for loan words of non-Afroasiatic origin, stress has to be memorized based on their original language: ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ /aˈkape/ (love, from Greek αγάπη), ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ /stawˈɾɔs/ (cross, from Greek σταυρός), and ⲧⲩⲛⲇⲣⲁ /ˈtuntɾa/ (tundra, from Russian тундра)
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Maryan Coptic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Maryan CopticOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ϣϣ ϣⲁⲓ /ʃ/ | Ϥϥ ϥⲁⲓ /f/ | Ϧϧ ϧⲁⲓ /x/ | Ϩϩ ϩⲱⲣⲉ /h/, [ɦ], [ç] | Ϫϫ ϫⲁⲅⲅⲁ /t͡ʃ/ | Ϭϭ ϭⲏⲙⲁ /t͡ʃʰ/ | Ϯϯ/ti:/, /tɪ/, /ti/ | Ⲁⲁ ⲁⲗⲫⲁ /ä/ | Ⲃⲃ ⲃⲏⲧⲁ /β/, [b] | Ⲅⲅ ⲅⲁⲙⲙⲁ /k/1 | Ⲇⲇ ⲇⲉⲗⲧⲁ /t/2 |
| Ⲉⲉ ⲉⲓ /ɛ/, [ə] | Ⲍⲍ ⲍⲏⲧⲁ /s/3 | Ⲏⲏ ⲏⲧⲁ /e:/, /e/ | Ⲑⲑ ⲑⲏⲧⲁ /tʰ/ | Ⲓⲓ ⲓⲟⲧⲁ /j/, /i:/, [ɪ], [i] | Ⲕⲕ ⲕⲁⲡⲡⲁ /k/ | Ⲗⲗ ⲗⲟⲗⲁ /l/ | Ⲙⲙ ⲙⲉ /m/ | Ⲛⲛ ⲛⲉ /n/, [ŋ] | Ⲝⲝ ⲝⲓ /ks/ | Ⲟⲟ ⲟ /ɔ/ |
| Ⲡⲡ ⲡⲓ /p/ | Ⲣⲣ ⲣⲱ /ɾ/, [r] | Ⲥⲥ ⲥⲓⲙⲁ /s/ | Ⲧⲧ ⲧⲁⲩ /t/ | Ⲩⲩ ⲩⲗⲉⲛ /u:/, [u] | Ⲫⲫ ⲫⲓ /pʰ/ | Ⲭⲭ ⲭⲓ /kʰ/ | Ⲯⲯ ⲯⲓ /ps/ | Ⲱⲱ ⲱ /o:/, /o/ | Ⳕⳕ ϩⲁⲧ // | Ⳣⳣ ⳣⲁⲩ /w/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
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