Mawic [OMW]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Mawic
Çitig!
Çitig!
[ˈt͡ʃeθɨɾ]
Hello!
Mawic (The terminology is a little messy. In some places I might call it Old Mawic.) is the descendant of
Ancient-Mawic spoken in several kingdoms of the Mawa valley, and the Yádateg Empire.
Full (WIP) grammar doc can be found: here
Grammar features:
4 noun cases
book - (INDFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent) sáçáw - (NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument) séçévi - (ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient) séçévig - (GENGenitive (case)
possessive) sáçáven - (DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location) séçévib
3+1 numbers
book - (INDFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent) sáçáw - (SGSingular (number)
one countable entity) séçévi - (DUDual (number)
two) séçéwyi - (DUDual (number)
two) séçéwgi
Complex and irregular affix rules Vowel mutations Vowel harmony Evil consonant clusters
basket - Drgew
More or less free word order 3 levels of formality
you - du - dinki - difigi
Historic spelling
zone/area - kletiz - ˈklɛθit͡s
to group/classify - sinçiǵgid - ˈsint͡ʃɨʋ:id
garden/yard - téǵyeg - ˈtɛj:ɛj
Uses the Ejai script
Kletiz
Çitig!
Çitig!
[ˈt͡ʃeθɨɾ]
Hello!
Mawic (The terminology is a little messy. In some places I might call it Old Mawic.) is the descendant of
Ancient-Mawic spoken in several kingdoms of the Mawa valley, and the Yádateg Empire.Full (WIP) grammar doc can be found: here
Grammar features:
book - (INDFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent) sáçáw - (NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument) séçévi - (ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient) séçévig - (GENGenitive (case)
possessive) sáçáven - (DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location) séçévib
book - (INDFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent) sáçáw - (SGSingular (number)
one countable entity) séçévi - (DUDual (number)
two) séçéwyi - (DUDual (number)
two) séçéwgi
basket - Drgew
you - du - dinki - difigi
zone/area - kletiz - ˈklɛθit͡s
to group/classify - sinçiǵgid - ˈsint͡ʃɨʋ:id
garden/yard - téǵyeg - ˈtɛj:ɛj
Kletiz
Sample of Mawic[view] Yigig élyin pa, şútózogug çíziþyiz nitig.
I spit on everyone, I drive where I want[view all texts]
I spit on everyone, I drive where I want[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMawo-Caláic
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Proto-Mawo-Caláic
⤷ Mawic languages
⤷ Ancient-Mawic
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Mawic
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Proto-Mawo-Caláic⤷ Mawic languages
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Ancient-Mawic⤷
MawicPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m [mʲ]1 [m̩]2 | n [n̩]3 | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʲ | b [bʲ]4 | t [tʲ]5 | d [dʲ]6 | k [kʲ]7 | g [gʲ]8 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f fʲ | v vʲ | θ9 θʲ | ð10 ðʲ | s | z | ʃ ʃʷ ʃʲ | ʒ ʒʲ | x11 | ɣ12 | ||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]13 | [d͡z]14 | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʷ t͡ʃʲ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʲ [l̩]15 | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ʋ]16 | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r [r̩]17 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]18 | |||||||||||||||
- after /j/, allophone of /m/
- between consonants, allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n/
- before /j/ and before V/l/or/j/, allophone of /b/
- before /j/ and before V/l/or/j/, allophone of /t/
- before /j/ and before V/l/or/j/, allophone of /d/
- before /j/ and before V/l/or/j/, allophone of /k/
- before /j/ and before V/l/or/j/, allophone of /g/
- /t/ between vowels
- /d/ between vowels
- /k/ between vowels
- /g/ between vowels
- i_#, allophone of /z/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /l/
- after consonants, allophone of /v/
- Between consonants, allophone of /r/
- V_V, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | [ɨ]1 | [ʉ]2 | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | [e]3 e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
- before Velar consonants, allophone of /i/
- before Velar consonants, allophone of /u/
- allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mawic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| MawicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá Áá /a:/ | Aa Aa /a/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Çç Çç /t͡ʃ/ | ÇW çw ÇW çw /t͡ʃʷ/ | Ḑḑ Ḑḑ /d͡ʒ/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ëë Ëë /ə/ | Ee Ee /ɛ/ | Éé Éé /e:/ |
| Ff Ff /f/ | Ǵǵ Ǵǵ /ɣ/1 | Gg Gg /g/ | Ii Ii /i/ | Íí Íí /i:/ | Jj Jj /ʒ/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Ll Ll /l/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Ññ Ññ /ɲ/ |
| Nn Nn /n/ | Óó Óó /o:/ | Oo Oo /o/ | Pp Pp /p/ | Rr Rr /r/ | Ss Ss /s/ | Şş Şş /ʃ/ | ŞW şw ŞW şw /ʃʷ/ | Tt Tt /t/ | Úú Úú /u:/ |
| Uu Uu /u/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Ww Ww /w/ | Xx Xx /x/2 | Yy Yy /j/ | Zz Zz /z/ | Ðð Ðð /ð/3 | Þþ Þþ /θ/4 | Ŋŋ Ŋŋ /ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- /g/ between vowels
- /k/ between vowels
- /d/ between vowels
- /t/ between vowels
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