Mahian [MAAH]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersMahian is spoken by a population of around 15,000,000 in Mahia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Mahian
Diglossic, polysynthetic 
Mañic boi with lots of dialects.
Includes ergativity, noun class, bodypart prefixing and lots of verb serialization.
Phonology is finished (allophony tbd), working on sound changes and grammars.
Here's the grammar doc, still a work in progress.
Mañic boi with lots of dialects.Includes ergativity, noun class, bodypart prefixing and lots of verb serialization.
Phonology is finished (allophony tbd), working on sound changes and grammars.
Here's the grammar doc, still a work in progress.
Sample of MahianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | c | k | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | v | ð | s | ʃ | h | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r1 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||||||||||
- Exists as a true phoneme only in some dialects, in others it only appears as geminated /ɾː/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ei̯ | uə̯ | iə̯ | au̯ | ai̯ | ou̯ | ui̯ |
Syllable StructureC(R)V(V)(C), medial geminates allowed.
Stress informationLexical stress.
OtherCoda nasals are homorganic.
In colloquial speech coda obstruents frequently reduce to glottals.
In colloquial speech coda obstruents frequently reduce to glottals.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mahian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MahianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| ’ ha’a /ʔ/ | Aa aa /a/ | Ąą ąą /ə/ | Bb ba /ɓ/ | Cc ca /c/ | Dd da /ɗ/ | Ee ee /e/ | Hh ha /h/ | Ii ii /i/ |
| Kk ka /k/ | Ll la /l/ | Mm ma /m/ | Nn na /n/ | NH nh nha /ɲ/ | NG ng nga /ŋ/ | Oo oo /o/ | Pp pa /p/ | Rr ra /ɾ/ |
| Řř/r/1 | Ss sa /s/ | Tt ta /t/ | Uu uu /u/ | Vv va /v/ | Xx xa /ʃ/ | Yy ya /j/ | Zz za /ð/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- Exists as a true phoneme only in some dialects, in others it only appears as geminated /ɾː/
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