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Tong Mao
Tong-Mao
[toŋˑmao]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 9 September 2018
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Tong Mao Spoken in Toji, an island chain nation off the Eastern coast of Chū-Mèe. Due to close ethnic ties, the two nations have remained in a mostly peaceful relationship. Along with the good relations between Toji and Chū-Mèe, due to being close to the more accepting and socially open Eastern Chū-Mèe, the people of Toji share cultural similarities though the Toji do have their own sense of national identity, it is still somewhat undeniably tied to Chū-Mèe, with some radical groups believing these ties to be holding Toji back or even outright being cultural and economic control, while others argue the good relations with Chū-Mèe have allowed for Toji to even continue its existence.
Sample of Tong Mao[view] Kyu ma hiro.

You're pretty good.
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Latest vocabulary
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Sound samples in Tong Mao
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Kyu ma hiro.
You're pretty good.
Luji Tong-Mao
I speak English
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvular
Nasal m     n     ɲ   ŋ [ŋˑ]1  
Plosive p b             k g  
Fricative   f   s z ʃ ʒ   ç     χ
Affricate         t͡ʃ d͡ʒ          
Lateral approximant       l            
Approximant       [ɹ]2   [ɻ]3 j w    
Flap       ɾ            
Blends su fja ɹɛ ʒu ʒi pi ʒɛ ɾja do
so tʃa nu bo ɹju ɹu çɛ mjo
bja wu ti dʒo ʃu çjo bi gi fjo
za zi ko ba ja to mo çju ʒo bju
dʒu pa ki ɲa wo ço dʒi ʃi tʃi
tu ʃa sa pu du fu ɹa tʃɛ wa
çu bu no zo ta ça χu tʃu si fjɛ
mju fa ga çi ɹi χɛ çja gu ɹo
χo zu jo ju pja mi mja ma ɾjo
χa di ni go mu fi tʃo pjo da fo
bjo pju ku ka dʒa na fju dʒɛ
ʒa ʃo χi po ʃɛ
  1. allophone of /ŋ/
  2. allophone of /ɾ/
  3. allophone of /ɾ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i i:       [ɯ]1 u u:
Near-close   [ɪ]2   [ʊ]3  
Close-mid [e]4       o o:
Mid     ə5    
Open-mid ɛ ɛ:       [ʌ]6
Open a a:       [ɑ]7
  1. allophone of /u/
  2. allophone of /i/
  3. allophone of /u/
  4. allophone of /ɛ/
  5. Unstressed vowels
  6. allophone of /a/
  7. allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tong Mao. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Tong MaoOrthography
Āā/a:/Aa/a/BA ba/ba/BE be/bɛ/BI bi/bi/BO bo/bo/BU bu/bu/BYA bya/bja/BYO byo/bjo/BYU byu/bju/
Cc/t͡ʃ/CA ca/tʃa/CE ce/tʃɛ/CI ci/tʃi/CO co/tʃo/CU cu/tʃu/Dd/d̪/DA da/da/DE de/dɛ/DI di/di/
DO do/do/DU du/du/Ēē/ɛ:/Ee/ɛ/FA fa/fa/FE fe/fɛ/FI fi/fi/FO fo/fo/FU fu/fu/FYA fya/fja/
FYE fye/fjɛ/FYO fyo/fjo/FYU fyu/fju/Gg/g/GA ga/ga/GE ge/gɛ/GI gi/gi/GO go/go/GU gu/gu/Hh/ç/
HA ha/ça/HE he/çɛ/HI hi/çi/HO ho/ço/HU hu/çu/HYA hya/çja/HYO hyo/çjo/HYU hyu/çju/Ii/i/Īī/i:/
Jj/d͡ʒ/JA ja/dʒa/JE je/dʒɛ/JI ji/dʒi/JO jo/dʒo/JU ju/dʒu/Kk/k/KA ka/ka/KE ke/kɛ/KI ki/ki/
KO ko/ko/KU ku/ku/Ll/l/Mm/m/MA ma/ma/ME me/mɛ/MI mi/mi/MO mo/mo/MU mu/mu/MYA mya/mja/
MYO myo/mjo/MYU myu/mju/Nn/n/NA na/na/NE ne/nɛ/NG ng/ŋ/NI ni/ni/NO no/no/NU nu/nu/NYA nya/ɲa/
Ōō/o:/Oo/o/PA pa/pa/PE pe/pɛ/PI pi/pi/PO po/po/PU pu/pu/PYA pya/pja/PYO pyo/pjo/PYU pyu/pju/
Rr/ɾ/RA ra/ɹa/RE re/ɹɛ/RI ri/ɹi/RO ro/ɹo/RU ru/ɹu/RYA rya/ɾja/RYO ryo/ɾjo/RYU ryu/ɹju/Ss/s/
Šš/ʃ/ŠA ša/ʃa/SA sa/sa/SE se/sɛ/ŠE še/ʃɛ/ŠI ši/ʃi/SI si/si/SO so/so/ŠO šo/ʃo/SU su/su/
ŠU šu/ʃu/Tt/t̪/TA ta/ta/TE te/tɛ/TI ti/ti/TO to/to/TU tu/tu/Ūū/u:/Uu/u/Ww/w/
WA wa/wa/WO wo/wo/WU wu/wu/Xx/χ/XA xa/χa/XE xe/χɛ/XI xi/χi/XO xo/χo/XU xu/χu/Yy/j/
YA ya/ja/YE ye/jɛ/YO yo/jo/YU yu/ju/Žž/ʒ/Zz/z/ZA za/za/ŽA ža/ʒa/ŽE že/ʒɛ/ZE ze/zɛ/
ŽI ži/ʒi/ZI zi/zi/ŽO žo/ʒo/ZO zo/zo/ŽU žu/ʒu/ZU zu/zu/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order
    Typological information for Tong Mao

    Adjective agreementNone
    GendersNone
    Morphological typologyAgglutinative
    Morphosyntactic alignmentNominative/Accusative
    Noun-adjective orderNoun first

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