Indo-Malay
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Indo-Malay is a Universal Language for Maritime Southeast Asia.
| ᨒᨚᨈ [-] | |
| Timeline/Universe | Univeral Languages |
| Period | Future Utopia |
| Spoken in | Maritime Southeast Asia |
| Total speakers | 380 million |
| Writing system | Lontara |
| Classification | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
| Typology | |
| Basic word order | VSA |
| Morphology | Isolating |
| Alignment | N-A |
| Credits | |
| Created by | User:Aquatiki |
Phonology
| Manner ↓ / Place → | Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless Stops | p (ᨄ) | t (ᨈ) | k (ᨀ) | ʔ (ᨕ) |
| Voiced Stops | b (ᨅ) | d (ᨉ) | g (ᨁ) | |
| Nasals | m (ᨆ) | n (ᨊ) | ŋ (ᨍ) | |
| Liquids | l (ᨒ) , r (ᨑ) | |||
| Glides | w (ᨓ) | j (ᨍ) | ||
| Fricatives | s (ᨔ) | h (ᨖ) |
Syllables are V, CV, or CVN.
| Vowel | Lontara | Example (with na) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ᨗ | ᨊᨗ (ni) |
| e | ᨙ | ᨊᨙ (né) |
| a (inherent) | — | ᨊ (na) |
| o | ᨚ | ᨊᨚ (no) |
| u | ᨘ | ᨊᨘ (nu) |
| ǝ/ø * | ᨛ | ᨊᨛ - Used as a virama, glottal marker, and cluster indicator |
Pronouns
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person exclusive (informal) | ikia (I) | ikińa (we: I + them) | nimi (we, excl.) |
| 1st person exclusive (formal) | ikilun (I, formal) | ikilu (we: I + important them) | nipiénimi (we, excl. formal) |
| 1st person inclusive (informal) | — | ikiśu (we: I + you) | tiéta (we, incl.) |
| 1st person inclusive (formal) | — | ikipién (we: I + you, formal) | nipiéniéta (we, incl. formal) |
| 2nd person (informal) | niśu (you) | nírua (you two) | nalian (you all) |
| 2nd person (formal) | nipién (you, formal) | nipiénrua (you two, formal) | nipiénlian (you all, formal) |
| 3rd person (informal) | nińa (he/she) | ráua (they: two) | sida (they) |
| 3rd person (formal) | liu (he/she, polite) | liliu (they: two, polite) | liliu (they, polite) |
| 3rd person (non-human) | niya (it) | niéya (they: two, non-human) | niéya (they, non-human) |
Wh
| Indo-Malay | English Meaning | Malay/Indonesian Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| apa | what | apa |
| ngukiniu | why (reason) | mengapa |
| tukkiniu | why (purpose/for what) | untuk apa |
| siniu | who | siapa |
| niesin | which (choice) | yang mana |
| dia mina | where (location) | di mana |
| kie mina | where to (direction) | ke mana |
| nure mina | where from (origin) | dari mana |
| nianu | when | kapan |
| kuja | how | bagaimana |
| nirniu | how much/many | berapa |
| Universal Languages | ||
|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | SEDES (Horn of Africa), Middle Semitic (Semitic languages), Kintu (Bantu languages), Guosa (West Africa) | 
|
| CENTRAL ASIA | Jalpi (Turkic languages), Zens (Iranian languages), Dravindian (Dravidian languages), Neo-Sanskrit (Indo-Aryan languages) | |
| EUROPE | Interlingua (Romance languages), Folksprak (Germanic languages), Interslavic Slavic languages, Balkan (Balkans) | |
| FAR EAST | Dan'a'yo (CJKV), MSEAL (Mainland Southeast Asia), Indo-Malay (Maritime Southeast Asia) | |
