Malian [YMWM]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
Mermelia and LLilaOfficial

Species
Human/humanoid
About Malian
Oe!
Es renn
/ˈe:s̪ ˌɾɛn̪:/
ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument.1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument.fish
I'm a fish
Es renn
/ˈe:s̪ ˌɾɛn̪:/
ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument.1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument.fish
I'm a fish
Sample of MalianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeMaponic
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Proto-Maponic
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Maponic
⤷ West Maponic
⤷ Central Maponic
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Malian
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⤷ West Maponic
⤷ Central Maponic
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[view] About MaponicThe Maponic languages are a branch of the Ystelic language family. The Maponic languages are found and spoken on the North-West side of Ystel within the borders of Mermelia.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m m: | n̪ n̪: | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p p: | b | t̪ t̪: | d̪ | k k: | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f f: | v | s̪ s̪: | ʃ | x | ɣ | h | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l̪ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | [j]1 | [w]2 | ||||||||||||||
Trill | [r]3 | |||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /i:/
- allophone of /u:/
- at the coda of a syllable, allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i: | ʉ | u: | |||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Close-mid | e: | o: | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
Open | a: | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | io̯: io̯ | ɑʉ̯: ɑʉ̯ | ʉo̯: ʉo̯ | ie̯: ie̯ | ʉi̯: ʉi̯ | ɔi̯: ɔi̯ | ɛi̯: ɛi̯ | ɑo̯: ɑo̯ | iʉ̯: iʉ̯ | ɔʉ̯: ɔʉ̯ |
ɑe̯: ɑe̯ | ɛɑ̯: ɛɑ̯ | ʉe̯: ʉe̯ | ɛʉ̯: ɛʉ̯ | ɑi̯: ɑi̯ | ɛo̯: ɛo̯ | ʉɑ̯: ʉɑ̯ | iɑ̯: iɑ̯ | ɔɑ̯: ɔɑ̯ | ɔe̯: ɔe̯ |
OtherThe "i" diphthongs can be pronounced as /jV/ or /Vj/.
The "u" diphthongs can be pronounced as /wV/ or /Vw/.
Where "V" is any vowel.
The "u" diphthongs can be pronounced as /wV/ or /Vw/.
Where "V" is any vowel.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Malian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Aa/a:/, /ɑ/ | Bb ba /b/ | BH bh bhi /v/ | Cc co /k/ | CH ch cha /x/ | Dd de /d̪/ | Ee/e:/, /ɛ/ | Ff fi /f/ | Gg go /g/ | GH gh gha /ɣ/ | Hh he /h/ | Ii/i:/, /ɪ/ |
Ll le /l̪/ | Mm ma /m/ | Nn na /n̪/ | Oo o /ɔ/, /o:/ | Pp pa /p/ | Rr ri /ɾ/, [r]1 | Ss so /s̪/ | SH sh sho /ʃ/ | Tt te /t̪/ | Uu/u:/, /ʉ/ | · ·ai // | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- at the coda of a syllable