| The Maak Language Kal Maakiŋ /kɐʟ maːɐkɨːŋ/ | |||||||||||||
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| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
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| Conjugations | No | ||||||||||||
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Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Labial | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | Mm /m/ | Ŋŋ /ŋ/* | |
| Plosive | Pp /p/ | Kk /k/ | ' /ʔ/ |
| Fricative | Ph ph /ɸ/ | Kh kh /x/ | Hh /h/ |
| Approximant | Ww /w/ | Ll /ʟ/ | Wh wh /ʍ/* |
*ŋ is encouraged to be written as Ŋŋ, but can be written as Nn.
*ʍ is a voiceless labio-velar approximant. It is only called a "glottal approximant" because it is easier to graph.
Vowels[]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | Ii /ɪ~ɨː/ | Uu /ʊ~ʉː/ |
| Mid | Ee /ɛ~eː/ | Oo /ɔ~oː/ |
| Low | Aa /ɐ~aː/ | |
Clusters[]
Vowel clusters, when 2 vowels cluster they are part of separate syllables and are long-short
Ex: Maak /maːɐk/ "human"
Consonant clusters, only in compounded words.
Ex: Wheakmel /ʍeːɐkmeːʟ/ "firefly", from Wheak "light" and Mel "night"
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
|
Cases |
Singular
(one) |
Paucal
(few) |
Plural
(many) |
Collective
(all) |
Negative
(none) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | -am | -aŋ | -a | -ek | |
| Possessive | -i | -aim | -iŋ | -ai | -ik |
*Maak is a base 20 language.
Ex: Maak (1 human), Maaki (of 1 human)
Maakam (few humans), Maakaim (of few humans)
Maakaŋ (many humans), Maakiŋ (of many humans)
Maaka (all humans), Maakai (of all humans),
Maakek (no human/no one), Maakik (of no humans/of no one)
| Articles | Singular | Paucal | Plural | Collective | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definite
(the) |
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| Indefinite
(a/some) |