Tong Mao [TMO]
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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.
Sound samples in Tong Mao
Some sound samples of Tong Mao. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Kyu ma hiro.
You're pretty good.
You're pretty good.
Luji Tong-Mao
I speak English
I speak English
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ [ŋˑ]1 | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | 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 | pɛ |
so | tʃa | nu | bo | ɹju | bɛ | ɹu | çɛ | mjo | kɛ | |
bja | wu | ti | dʒo | ʃu | çjo | bi | gi | fjo | mɛ | |
za | zi | ko | ba | ja | to | mo | çju | ʒo | bju | |
dʒu | pa | ki | ɲa | wo | ço | jɛ | dʒi | ʃi | tʃi | |
tu | ʃa | sa | pu | du | fu | ɹa | tʃɛ | dɛ | wa | |
çu | bu | no | zo | ta | ça | χu | tʃu | si | fjɛ | |
mju | fa | tɛ | ga | çi | ɹi | χɛ | çja | gu | ɹo | |
χo | zu | nɛ | jo | ju | pja | mi | mja | ma | ɾjo | |
χa | di | ni | go | mu | fi | tʃo | pjo | da | fo | |
bjo | pju | ku | ka | sɛ | dʒa | na | fju | zɛ | dʒɛ | |
fɛ | ʒa | ʃo | χi | po | gɛ | ʃɛ |
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- 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 |
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ɛ/
- Unstressed vowels
- allophone of /a/
- 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 |