| Mayneng tele ['mɑi.nəŋ 'tələ] | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Nominative-Accusative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Head-final | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | No | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | nankyu shozo | ||||||||||||
Maynengi, or mayneng tele ['mɑi.nəŋ 'tələ] is a Turkic-based language, spoken around 120.000 people in the nation of Quralzag. Maynengi means 'hero language' in its native language. It's related to Turkish and Azerbaijani as it shares many features of it.
The language can be traced back to 14th Century, where the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East and North Africa, the language was split from Ottoman Turkish, and the northern tribe, Maynengs shifted their homeland to Tābi, which is the land of Quralzag formerly.
Since then, many people started to adopt this new language and eventually became the official language of Quralzag by the 1700s. During that, many scholars, poets, writers and politicians wrote books, poems and news to standardise the language. Until 1921, national hero, Tarazag Gumen officially announced the "Standardisation of Maynengi Project", which largely encouraged people to use the Standard Maynengi
Nowadays, Maynengi is one of the salient language that is used in the international events such as Forum of the Continent, Basschulten Cup, Ko'aro Water Standards etc. highly encourages the usage of Maynengi.
Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | q | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | ʂ | ç ɕ ʑ | x ɣ | h | ||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | ||||||||||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | |||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ||||||||||||
| Labial-velar | w | |||||||||||
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i y | u ɯ | |||
| Near-high | |||||
| High-mid | ø | ||||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Low-mid | ɛ œ | ɔ | |||
| Near-low | æ | ||||
| Low | ɑ |
Diphthongs[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | iu | ||
| Near-high | iæ | ||
| High-mid | |||
| Mid | əi | ||
| Low-mid | ɛi | ||
| Near-low | æi | ||
| Low | ɑi |
Phonotactics[]
Maynengi's phonotactic is free yet shaped. The maximal structure for a word is (C)CV(C)(C).
There are a few rules to construct a word of Myanengi:
- No onset is started with /ŋ/
- No coda is ended with /ɲ/ or /ð/
- Lengthen vowels are applicable
- If /ɣ, x, h, w, q/ are word-final, the sound will be silenced
- If /g, k, q, ɣ, x, h/ is before /m, n, l/, the stops will be assimilated to /m, n, l/
- /q/ will be weakened to /k/ on some occasions
- Every coda stops will either be voiced or voiceless when reading
- /c, ɟ/ will be pronounced when /ɛ, œ, i, y/ is after it
Writing System[]
| Letter | Aa | Āā | Bb | Cc | Čč | Dd | Ee | Ēē | Ff | Gg | Ğğ | Ġġ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | ɑ | æ | b | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | d | ə | ɛ | f | g ～ ɟ | ɣ | x | |
| Letter | Hh | Ii | Īī | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Ōō | Öö | Pp | |
| Sound | h | i | œ | ʒ | k ～c | l | m | n | o | ɔ | ø | p | |
| Letter | Rr | Ss | Şş | Śś | Tt | Uu | Ūū | Üü | Vv | Ww | Yy | ||
| Sound | q | ɾ | s | ʃ | ɕ | t | u | ɯ | y | v | w | j | |
| Letter | Zz | Žž | Çç | Šš | ng | Ny ny | Ty
ty |
Ay ay | Āy āy | Ey ey | Ēy ēy | Ia ia | |
| Sound | z | ʑ | ç | ʂ | ŋ | ɲ | ð | ɑi | æi | əi | ɛi | iɑ | |
| Letter | Iā iā | Iu iu | |||||||||||
| Sound | iæ | iu |
Vowel Harmony[]
One of the essential features in Maynengi is vowel harmony.
Vowel harmony is an assimilatory process in which the vowels of a given domain, typically a phonological word, have to be members of the same natural class.
Vowel harmony can be triggered by:
- Vowel backness
- Vowel roundness
- Nasalisation
In Maynengi, vowels is differentiated by roundness and backness and also having neutral vowels
Here, neutral vowels have two effects:
- start of a new harmony
- act as a blocker and continue the harmony
The first syllable is the key harmony of the word.
Vowel Harmony[]
| Front | Neutral | Back |
|---|---|---|
| ā | e | a |
| ē | i | ī |
| ū | ay | o |
| ü | āy | ō |
| iā | ēy | ö |
| consonants* | u | |
| ia | ||
| iu |
*consonant neutral harmony is been a hotbed discussions by Maynengi scholars, as consonants harmony can be single or multiple consonants, but some scholars debate single consonant is not applicable. For this page, I'll apply single and multiple consonants harmony.
Grammar[]
Lexicon[]
https://conworkshop.com/view_language.php?l=MYI
Example text[]
"Hi, I'm Branden. I'm from Malaysia and I'm happy to see all of you!"
Salem. Ay Brānden im. Ay Malayşaza im u corok bünüt o faham!
[sɑǀəm | ɑi bɾændən im | ɑi mɑǀɑiʃɑzɑ im u t͡ʃoɾok bynyt o fɑhɑm]