Ngmei [NGMT]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ngmei
Hmong and Tagalog's bastard child.
Current features (subject to change without notice):
*tónès, which are spelled with consonant letters à la Hmoob
*crḛa̰ky and bre̤a̤thy voices, also spelled with consonant letters
*lag͡bial-velars, including /ᵑᵐg͡b/
*ɽeʈɽofɭexeʂ
*zer0-c0pula
*wɔ̃nky vøwɛl invɤntory
*Irish-style consonant mutationsmaybe
*Austronesian-style trigger alignment
*serial verb constructions
*sesquisyllables
*looks like keysmash
Current features (subject to change without notice):
*tónès, which are spelled with consonant letters à la Hmoob
*crḛa̰ky and bre̤a̤thy voices, also spelled with consonant letters
*lag͡bial-velars, including /ᵑᵐg͡b/
*ɽeʈɽofɭexeʂ
*zer0-c0pula
*wɔ̃nky vøwɛl invɤntory
*Irish-style consonant mutations
*Austronesian-style trigger alignment
*serial verb constructions
*sesquisyllables
*looks like keysmash
Sample of Ngmei[view] Hoan cyv npadj kheevz thyy hoan seegj hlubj.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.[view all texts]
A room without books is like a body without a soul.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m̥ | m | n n̥ | ɳ ɳ̥ | ɲ ɲ̥ | ŋ ŋ̥ | ||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | ᵐb | t tʰ | ⁿd | ʈ ʈʰ | ᶯɖ | c cʰ | ᶮɟ | k kʰ | ᵑg | q qʰ | ᶰɢ | ||
Fricative | s | ʂ | h | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | ⁿd͡z | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ | ᶯɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | kp kpʰ | ŋm ŋm̥ | gᵐb |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ʉ | ||||
Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o | ||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ | ||||
Open | a | ɑ̃ | ɒ̝ |
Syllable StructureNgmẹev Tshigz syllable structure is very simple. The maximal syllable is of the structure CV(V)(T), where C is a consonant, V is a vowel (and VV is a diphthong), and T is tone.
Other*Please note that what is shown above as /gᵐb/ should actually be rendered as /ᵑᵐg͡b/.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ngmei. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NgmeiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/ | An an/ɑ̃/ | Bb// | Cc/c/ | Ch ch/cʰ/ | Dd// | Ẹẹ/ɛ/ | Ee/e/ | En en/ɛ̃/ | Gg// | Hh/h/ |
Hl hl/ɬ/ | Hm hm/m̥/ | Hn hn/n̥/ | Hng hng/ŋ̥/ | Hngm hngm/ŋm̥/ | Hnj hnj/ɲ̥/ | Hnr hnr/ɳ̥/ | Ii/i/ | Jj// | Kk/k/ | Kh kh/kʰ/ |
Kp kp/kp/ | Kph kph/kpʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Nc nc/ᶮɟ/ | Ng ng/ŋ/ | Ngm ngm/ŋm/ | Nj nj/ɲ/ | Nk nk/ᵑg/ | Nkp nkp/gᵐb/ |
Np np/ᵐb/ | Nq nq/ᶰɢ/ | Nr nr/ɳ/ | Nrt nrt/ᶯɖ/ | Nt nt/ⁿd/ | Nts nts/ⁿd͡z/ | Ntx ntx/ᶯɖ͡ʐ/ | Ọọ/ɒ̝/ | Oo/o/ | On on/ɔ̃/ | Pp/p/ |
Ph ph/pʰ/ | Qq/q/ | Qh qh/qʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Rt rt/ʈ/ | Rth rth/ʈʰ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Th th/tʰ/ | Ts ts/t͡s/ | Tsh tsh/t͡sʰ/ |
Tx tx/ʈ͡ʂ/ | Txh txh/ʈ͡ʂʰ/ | Uu/ʉ/ | Vv// | Ww/ɤ/ | Xx/ʂ/ | Yy/ø/ | Zz// | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Additional NotesThe letters <b d v g j z> denote tones, not the consonant sounds they are typically associated with. The tones they mark are /a˥/, /a˩/, /a˧˥/, /a˧˩/, /a̤/, and /a̰/, respectively. The mid tone /a˧/ is unmarked.
Ngmẹev Tshigz permits a large number of diphthongs; these diphthongs are spelled as the corresponding sequence of constituent vowels.
The epenthetic glottal stop appended to the beginning of words otherwise beginning with a vowel is not written.
*Please note that what is shown above as /gᵐb/ should actually be rendered as /ᵑᵐg͡b/.
Ngmẹev Tshigz permits a large number of diphthongs; these diphthongs are spelled as the corresponding sequence of constituent vowels.
The epenthetic glottal stop appended to the beginning of words otherwise beginning with a vowel is not written.
*Please note that what is shown above as /gᵐb/ should actually be rendered as /ᵑᵐg͡b/.