Mila [PML]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Mila
The back-story is that a group of settlers were sent to a known about world to repair the communication systems (which were placed inside a pyramid on one of the islands). The settlers had a variety of skills and spoke various languages so they used a constructed language to communicate. After they'd arrived on the new world, though, they lost contact with the home planet. With no means to return they have now been on the world for a number of generations. The state of the language as given here is about 150 years on from when they first arrived, so there have been a couple of sound changes and irregularities have started to creep in.
This is designed as an experimental proto-language for a world which is similar to the earth and spoken by a people which are anatomically very similar to humans (although they themselves are not human) and so have the same capabilities of speech as those on the earth. The phonology has purposely been made simple as has the syllable structure so that it has room for manoeuvrability.
This is designed as an experimental proto-language for a world which is similar to the earth and spoken by a people which are anatomically very similar to humans (although they themselves are not human) and so have the same capabilities of speech as those on the earth. The phonology has purposely been made simple as has the syllable structure so that it has room for manoeuvrability.
Sample of Mila[view] ʌ⁞ɔɷυ ωʌʌ⁞ω 'cnι⁞ɾ ω⁞ɾɾɾ⁞v. υυ'o ʌ⁞ωυɾ⁞ɔ⁞υʌ 'ɔɷυ⁞ɾ ι⁞ɷ⁞ʌɾn. ɾo'ι 'υoω⁞ɾ ιɷc⁞ω υoυ⁞ω ιυɾ⁞ω⁞υ 'cnι⁞ɾ ι⁞vυυ[view all texts]
Sound samples in Mila
Some sound samples of Mila. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
'ωco oωι⁞ω ʌ⁞ɷʌυ⁞ɔ
I will not apologise for art.
I will not apologise for art.
.υυʌ.⁞v oo'o, ω'cɔ⁞ɔ⁞ɔ. ω⁞onʌ⁞ɾ υυ'ɾ oωɾ⁞ω ʌ⁞oɾn c'oo.
You're not an asshole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be.
You're not an asshole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be.
υoυ⁞v oo'o. υυ'ɾ υ⁞ʌ⁞ωυɾ ɔo'υ⁞υɾ ι⁞vυυ
Hey kid, wanna buy a sundial?
Hey kid, wanna buy a sundial?
υυɾ⁞ω 'ιιυ ι⁞ɷvo
I will eat your soul.
I will eat your soul.
'υυυ⁞ɾ
I am this man.
I am this man.
υυυ⁞ω υoʌ⁞n vɔ'ɔ ʌ⁞ωɔι
The trees were united in their hatred for humankind.
The trees were united in their hatred for humankind.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b] | t | [d] | c | [ɟ] | k | [g] | q | |||
| Fricative | s | [z] | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mila. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MilaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||||
| '/a/ | Cc/s/ | Nn/c/ | Oo/p/ | Vv/j/ | Ɔɔ/k/ | ɷ/m/ | ɾ/t/ | Ʌʌ/r/ | Ιι/h/ | Υυ/l/ | Ωω/n/ | ⁞/q/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||||
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