Manean [MAENE]
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Josué on 4 January 2020
+ shared with: Awato-Mänean Languages
+ shared with: Awato-Mänean Languages
Language type
A priori
AwatingSpecies
Human/humanoid
About Manean
Mañic language spoken in 
Manea.
See also:
Awatese 
Mañi 
Hlao 
West Manean 
PNML.
- no tone
- omnipresent /æ/ ⟨a⟩
-no singular/plural distinction
-pluractionality
-3 genders: inanimate, animate (non-human), human
-crazy verbs
-see this article for more
kináŋasrimáturwodetonirafánanitmánánaxoŋnjorwodetonirafánanitmánánaxoŋnjojefa
kinąngasrimąturvodetonirafąnanitmąnąnaxongnyorvodetonirafąnanitmąnąnaxongnyoyefa
[kinaŋæsrimadurʋoð̞edoɲiræɸaɲæɲidmanaɲæʃoŋɲjorʋoð̞edoɲiræɸaɲæɲidmanaɲæʃoŋɲjojeɸæ]
INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions-HSYHearsay evidential (evidential)
'I have heard that...'-CONDConditional (mood)
would-2Second person (person)
addressee (you).SUBSubject (argument)-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).OBJObject (argument)-woman-DEFDefinite
"the"-RELRelative-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).SUBSubject (argument)-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they.OBJObject (argument)-wash-cassava-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has-in-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-river-DEFDefinite
"the"-REDUPReduplication
full or partial reduplication of a word, stem, root, or morpheme-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-NEGNegative (polarity)
not
'Did I hear that you would not have made them be the women who wash their cassava in the river?'
Manea.See also:
Awatese Mañi Hlao West Manean PNML.- omnipresent /æ/ ⟨a⟩
-no singular/plural distinction
-pluractionality
-3 genders: inanimate, animate (non-human), human
-crazy verbs
-see this article for more
kináŋasrimáturwodetonirafánanitmánánaxoŋnjorwodetonirafánanitmánánaxoŋnjojefa
kinąngasrimąturvodetonirafąnanitmąnąnaxongnyorvodetonirafąnanitmąnąnaxongnyoyefa
[kinaŋæsrimadurʋoð̞edoɲiræɸaɲæɲidmanaɲæʃoŋɲjorʋoð̞edoɲiræɸaɲæɲidmanaɲæʃoŋɲjojeɸæ]
INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions-HSYHearsay evidential (evidential)
'I have heard that...'-CONDConditional (mood)
would-2Second person (person)
addressee (you).SUBSubject (argument)-CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).OBJObject (argument)-woman-DEFDefinite
"the"-RELRelative-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).SUBSubject (argument)-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they.OBJObject (argument)-wash-cassava-3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients).POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has-in-3IThird person inanimate (person)
it, not he/she/they-river-DEFDefinite
"the"-REDUPReduplication
full or partial reduplication of a word, stem, root, or morpheme-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-NEGNegative (polarity)
not
'Did I hear that you would not have made them be the women who wash their cassava in the river?'
Sample of Manean[view] Neturaf ąnani ra nąna xongnyo.
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Oã' Ñi
Wa Ñi[view] About NgerupicA large language family from the northern Big Continent of the Aay world / from former Sharkunen in Sahar.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b]2 | t | [d]3 | k | [g]4 | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | ð̞ | s | ʃ | ʁ̞5 | h | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- [ɻ] in most dialects but Standard Komanyo Manean
- allophone of /l/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ä | |||||
Stress informationInitial (secondary stress on penultimate)
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Manean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ManeanOrthography | ||||||||||
| a a /æ/ | á ą /ä/ | d d /ð̞/ | e e /e/ | f f /ɸ/ | h h /h/ | i i /i/ | k k /k/, [g] | l l /l/, [ʎ] | m m /m/ | n n /n/, [ɲ] |
| ŋ ng /ŋ/ | o o /o/ | p p /p/, [b] | r r /r/ | ř ř /ʁ̞/1 | s s /s/ | t t /t/, [d] | u u /u/ | w v /ʋ/ | x x /ʃ/ | j y /j/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- [ɻ] in most dialects but Standard Komanyo Manean
Additional Notesin situations in which ⟨ą⟩ or ⟨ř⟩ are not available, one may use ⟨q⟩ and ⟨g⟩ respectively
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