Minhast [MIN]
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Minhastim Kirim, Minhast min Kirim [m̥inhæstim̥ kirim̥ m̥inhæst m̥in kirim̥]*
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Minhastim Kirim, Minhast min Kirim [m̥inhæstim̥ kirim̥ m̥inhæst m̥in kirim̥]*
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Language type
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Species
Human/humanoid
About Minhast
Minhast (Minhast min kirim, lit. "Minhast-speak") is the spoken language of the Republic of Minhay, with a robust speech community of nearly 26 million people, approximately one million of them living in expatriate communities, with the largest concentrations residing in the Ming Empire, the Kingdom of Koguryeo, the Rajahnate of Kirmai, the Sultunate of Daligan, the Xayda Federated Republic, and Western Canada. Significant numbers also exist Northern Europe, principally in the Scandinavian nations Sweden and Norway.
The language is divided into two major dialects, Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast, each of which is divided into several smaller subdialects, such as the Salmon Speaker variant of the Upper Minhast dialect, and the Osprey Speaker variant of the Lower Minhast dialect.
Located just 1,232 km from northeast Japan, this Northeast Asian language has no known relatives and bears few if any similarities with Japanese and its two other nearest neighbors, the Kingdom of Koguryeo (Korea) and the Ainu Democratic Federation (Ainushir). Two other languages in the island nation, Peshpeg and Golahat, both of which are moribund, are also unrelated; any similarities existing between the two languages and Minhast are due to areal features, with Minhast as the dominant influence. Linguists have investigated possible relationships with the Altaic and Native North American languages, but so far have failed to find any conclusive evidence. Words from Paleosiberian languages, principally Ainu, Nivkh and Chutchki, appear in the lexicon, however these have been identified as loanwords, albeit some of the loans appear to be very old, e.g. Minhast sih ("trace") vs Nivkh zif ("tracks"). For these reasons, Minhast had long been classified as a language isolate.
The language is divided into two major dialects, Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast, each of which is divided into several smaller subdialects, such as the Salmon Speaker variant of the Upper Minhast dialect, and the Osprey Speaker variant of the Lower Minhast dialect.
Located just 1,232 km from northeast Japan, this Northeast Asian language has no known relatives and bears few if any similarities with Japanese and its two other nearest neighbors, the Kingdom of Koguryeo (Korea) and the Ainu Democratic Federation (Ainushir). Two other languages in the island nation, Peshpeg and Golahat, both of which are moribund, are also unrelated; any similarities existing between the two languages and Minhast are due to areal features, with Minhast as the dominant influence. Linguists have investigated possible relationships with the Altaic and Native North American languages, but so far have failed to find any conclusive evidence. Words from Paleosiberian languages, principally Ainu, Nivkh and Chutchki, appear in the lexicon, however these have been identified as loanwords, albeit some of the loans appear to be very old, e.g. Minhast sih ("trace") vs Nivkh zif ("tracks"). For these reasons, Minhast had long been classified as a language isolate.
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Language family relationships
[view] Gāl min Kirimast (Horse Speaker)This dialect is among the dialects that are grouped under the Upper Minhast branch. Spoken by the nomadic horsemen of the Central Plateau ("Gannasia")
[view] Dūy min Kirimast (Salmon Speaker)Spoken by a maritime tribal nation along the Northeast Coast and Pacific Coastal Mountain Range. This dialect, which is part of the Upper Minhast branch, is considered the most conservative of all the Minhast dialects.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | [m̥]1 | m | n | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | [q]3 | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | x | [ħ]4 | h | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
- Occurs when preceded by voiceless consonant, allophone of /m/
- Occurs when preceded by velar consonant, allophone of /n/
- Occurs when preceded by -rV- or followed by -Vr-, allophone of /k/
- Occurs coda position, allophone of /h/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Near-open | [æ]1 | |||||
| Open | a | [ɑ]2 | ||||
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Minhast. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MinhastOrthography | |||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa[æ] | Bb/m/, /b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/, /e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/, /ɪ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm[m̥]1 |
| Nn/n/, [ŋ]2 | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ħħ[ħ]3 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
- Occurs when preceded by voiceless consonant
- Occurs when preceded by velar consonant
- Occurs coda position.
