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Mekoshan has a very large consonant inventory and a very complex syllable structure. Most notable are the Uvular, Pharyngeal, and Pharyngealized consonants that developed from clusters with the historical English /ɹ/. Most voiceless nasals come from /s/+nasal clusters. most /ɬ/ come from English /sl/. | |||
==IPA== | |||
{| | {| | ||
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Pharyngeal||Glottal | || ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Pharyngeal||Glottal | ||
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||Low|| ||'''a aː'''|| ||'''ɑi au''' | ||Low|| ||'''a aː'''|| ||'''ɑi au''' | ||
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==Orthography== | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Pharyngeal||Glottal | |||
|- | |||
||Plosives, Plain||'''b'''||'''d dr'''|| ||'''g'''||'''x br'''|| || | |||
|- | |||
||Plosives, aspirated||'''p'''||'''t tr'''|| ||'''k'''||'''q pr'''|| || | |||
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||Affricates, Plain|| ||'''dz''' '''jr'''||'''j'''|| || || || | |||
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||Affricates, aspirated|| ||'''ts''' '''cr'''||'''c'''|| || || || | |||
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||Nasals||'''m mh'''||'''n nh'''||'''ny nhy'''|| || || || | |||
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||Fricatives, unvoiced||'''f'''||'''s lh'''||'''sh'''||'''kh'''||'''fr'''||'''hr'''||'''h''' | |||
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||Fricatives, voiced||'''v'''||'''z'''||'''zh'''|| || ||'''r'''|| | |||
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||Approximants||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''y'''|| || || || | |||
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|} | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Front||Central||Back||Diphthong | |||
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||High||'''i ii'''||'''ü üü'''||'''u uu'''|| | |||
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||Mid||'''e eː'''||'''ö öö'''||'''o oo'''||'''ei eu öi öu oi ou''' | |||
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||Low|| ||'''a aa'''|| ||'''ai au''' | |||
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|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 19 April 2011
| Mekoshan Meexoŝ | |
| Spoken in: | USA |
| Conworld: | Future |
| Total speakers: | 50 Million |
| Genealogical classification: | Germanic
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| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Morphological type: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Accusative |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| Taylor Selseth | 2011 C.E. |
Mekoshan ('Mheexoŝ) is a descendant of English spoken in the American Midwest. It is notable among the Anglic languages for it's pharyngealization of consonants.
Phonology
Mekoshan has a very large consonant inventory and a very complex syllable structure. Most notable are the Uvular, Pharyngeal, and Pharyngealized consonants that developed from clusters with the historical English /ɹ/. Most voiceless nasals come from /s/+nasal clusters. most /ɬ/ come from English /sl/.
IPA
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
| Plosives, Plain | p | t tˤ | k | q qʷ | ʔ | ||
| Plosives, aspirated | pʰ | tʰ tˤʰ | kʰ | qʰ qʷʰ | |||
| Affricates, Plain | ʦ ʦˤ | ʧ | |||||
| Affricates, aspirated | ʦʰ ʦˤʰ | ʧʰ | |||||
| Nasals | m m̥ | n n̥ | ɲ ɲ̥ | ||||
| Fricatives, unvoiced | f | s ɬ | ʃ | x | χʷ | ħ | h |
| Fricatives, voiced | v | z | ʒ | ʕ | |||
| Approximants | w | l | j |
| Front | Central | Back | Diphthong | |
| High | i iː | y yː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | ø øː | o oː | ɛi ɛu œy œu ɔy ɔu |
| Low | a aː | ɑi au |
Orthography
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
| Plosives, Plain | b | d dr | g | x br | |||
| Plosives, aspirated | p | t tr | k | q pr | |||
| Affricates, Plain | dz jr | j | |||||
| Affricates, aspirated | ts cr | c | |||||
| Nasals | m mh | n nh | ny nhy | ||||
| Fricatives, unvoiced | f | s lh | sh | kh | fr | hr | h |
| Fricatives, voiced | v | z | zh | r | |||
| Approximants | w | l | y |
| Front | Central | Back | Diphthong | |
| High | i ii | ü üü | u uu | |
| Mid | e eː | ö öö | o oo | ei eu öi öu oi ou |
| Low | a aa | ai au |
