Meainese [MCC]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersMeainese is spoken in Kavina (Mghaser / Hainoealonia).
Species
Human/humanoid
About Meainese
Meainese is one of many tribal languages that is spoken in Kavina. It's part of the Haialonic language family and is one of six tribal languages spoken in the province of Mghaser (Magahasera) in Kavina. The language is spoken by the Meain people of central Mghaser.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ɕ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
- when 'n' is in the cluster of 'nd' in the middle of 'r' words, allophone of /n/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | o o: | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ʌ | ɔ | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɛi |
Syllable StructureThe syllable structure in Meainese is normally (C)(V)(C)(V) but can also be (C)(C)(V)(C)(V) or (C)(V)(C)(C) with the accepted consonants clusters (st, rn, dh, th, nd, dr, pr, rd). The clusters (st, dh, th, pr, dr) can be used anywhere in the word, while the clusters (rd, rn, nd) can be used in the middle and at the end of the words.
OtherIn Meainese there are 10 consonants that can appear at the end of words, in between syllables, or can be doubled. The consonants are (d,g,k,l,m,n,p,r,s,t).
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Meainese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MeaineseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Āā/a:/ | Ăă/ə/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/ð/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ēē/ɛ:/ |
| EAI eai/ɛi/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | Ĭĭ/ɪ/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ]1 | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ | Ŏŏ/ʌ/, /ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/, /ɾ/ | Ss/s/ |
| SH sh/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- when 'n' is in the cluster of 'nd' in the middle of 'r' words
