Dang Misis

Dang Misis is a language that blogger and writer SpiderCoyotl developed to write nonsensical lyrics in. The name translated literally means "Tongue Lyric-of", but is understood within-language as "Lyrical Language".

Phonology
The sounds of Dung Misis are as follows:

5 Vowels

A = usually like the u in "dung". Some dialects flow freely between uh/ah/ay (like in hay). Since Dung Misis is by nature a "free=language", it does not matter much how certain words are pronounced. Since the language is used by singers and song-writers, sometimes this ambiguity is used to create puns or to ease rhyming.

E = like the e in "bet". Sometimes more like the -e in "the".

I = the i in "nit".

O = the o in knot/the o in the Japanese word ko. The former pronunciation is used in closed syllables, the latter in open ones.

U = sounds like a short "yu', sometimes more like "yi".

Longs vowels are made by doubling the vowel, adding umlauts/acute accent/grave accent, or by adding an -h for a, a -i for e/i, and a -u for o/u. Long a has the value of a long "ah", long e has the value of the a in "gate"/the ee in "seen", long i has the value of "ee", long o the value of "oh" and long u the value of oo in "raccoon"/the word yew.

21 Consonants

B = normal English b. If the user wishes, it could have the value of p/v.

C = like a combo of s+th. "Sth" is the sound. Others annunciate "tch", still other "th" or "s". NEVER like in car, cat etc. EXCEPT for stylistic font choice.

D = normal English d. Sometimes t. Sounds like the dg in "judge" before e/i/u (if the speaker pleases).

F = sounds like normal English f.

G = like the g in "get". Sometimes pron. like a "y" before e/i/u. Sometimes k.

H = either regular h or silent. Between vowels it can be pron. "y".

J = like the -ge in "garage". Most annunciate like the dg in "judge", still others like the German j.

K = always like regular English k.

L = always like regular English l, UNLESS in final position, where it often morphs into a u sound or is abosorbed by the proceeding vowel.

M = regular English m. Others like pron. it like the w in "way".

N = regular English n. Some like to pron. it like an r.

P = regular English p.

Q(u) = u optional, depending on pronunciation in mind. Without u, it sounds like a hard k (like in Arabic/Inuit). With, could be pron. k or kw.

R = regular English r. Sometimes wr in initial position. Others roll it or flap it (like in Spanish).

S = regular English s. Sometimes before e/i pron. like sh.

T = regular English t.

V = regular English v. Sometimes pron. like f, still others like w or vw/fw.

W = regular English w.

X = like ks/gz. Sometimes sh or h.

Y = regular English y. Sometimes pron. the the dg in "judge".

Z = like ts in "rats". Often pron. like regular English z. Some prefer like s or th.

Phonotactics
There is a popular style of speach called "Tak Fransei-fou" where every cosonant except c, f, k, l, or r are dropped in pronunciation at the end of words and final m/n nasalize the vowel [note: ~ represents nasalization] (Gung becomes gyu~, Dang becomes duh~, Misis becomes mih=sih, Lam becomes luh~ etc.)

Diphthongs are

Ae = like the a in cat. Some prefer the a in gate.

Ai = sometimes like the a in cat, others like the i in time.

Ao = like the ow in cow.

Au = same as above. Some pron. it like the i in time, others like the interjection "Oy!".

Ea = like the a in cat/a in gate.

Ei = like the ee in need/i in time.

Eo = like "ay-oh", similar to beowulf. Others prefer it like the u in but.

Eu = like "Oy!".

Ia = sounds like the German word "Ja". Others prefer the ee-ah like in Spanish dia.

Ie = like the Japanese word ie "ee-ay".

Io = like "ee-oh".

Iu = like the u in "cube".

Oa = either like "oh-ah" or "wah/wuh".

Oe = like "oy" or "weh".

Oi = like "oy" or "wah".

Ou = like oo sometimes (when not long o).

Ua = like "wah" or "oo-ah".

Ue = like "way" or "yoo".

Ui = like "wee" or "ih".

Uo = like "woh" or "oo-oh".

There are no triphongs in Dang Misis, with the exception of combination with ou-.

Oua = wah/wuh

Oue = way/wai

Oui = wee

Conjunct consonants can be formed using any combination of the above sounds. Cr is "sthr", gl is "gl", etc. In contexts where s is always pronounced s, the conjunct sz may be used for regular s. ALWAYS when a final consonant follows -n, it is devoiced (-ng is -nk, -nd is -nt, etc.). To achieve desired pron., the final consonant is doubled (-ngg is -ng, -ndd is -nt, etc.).

Basic Grammar
Word order resembles English in most cases. Sometimes people like placing adjectives after nouns, and words like in, on, by etc.are represented by prefixes/suffixes.

Though there is no gender in Dang Misis, if the speaker wishes they can apply the rules of Spanish gender (thus the word Zihb "bee" can have the gender of Zihba/Zihbo.)

Femininity can also be implied by adding t- to the beginning of words.

Plural is indicated by either doubling the word or adding -es/-is/-as. -es/-is can be used freely, but words eding in -n have to use the -as pluralizer.

Negative is implied with ne ~ pee, where ~ represents the word. Sih tak (he talks) compare to Sih ne tak pee (he does not talk). If the word begins with a vowel or w/y/h, ne becomes n- and h loses it's value. Er wang (She bounces)/Er nwang pee, Sih aund (he hunts)/Sih naund pee, Er haem (she hungers)/Er nhaem pee etc.

Past tense is indicated by de, i.e. Sih aund de (He hunted). Future tense is indicated by ken, i.e. Sih ken aund (He will hunt). Alternatively, one could use the prefixes pris- for the future tense and pos- for past tense. Sih prisaund/Sih Posaund.

Questions can be formed by adding ka at the end of sentences. Er pritak ka? (Will she speak?)

Dictionary
Following is a dictionary of Dang Misis words, which will be added to as SpiderCoyotl continues to develop the language. The languages are presented with their "official" pronunciations.

Dang (duhnk): literally means tongue, but can mean language.

-s (s/sh): prefix meaning of

Misi (mih-sih): lyric

Tak (tuhk): to talk

Fransei (fruhn-say): French

Fou (foh): prefix meaning fake

Gung (gy