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{{Country icon Mahana}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Mahanan
| nativename       = 
| image            = File:Screenshot 2022-01-03 162139.png
| imagesize        = 
| imagecaption     = The word "Mahanan" written in {{wp|Devanagari|Ghobaran}} script.
| states           = {{flag|Mahana}}
| region           = [[Orient]]
| speakers         = c. 30 million+
| date             = 2012
| familycolor      = Europan
| fam2             = [[Mekabiri|Euro-Alainean]]
| fam3             = {{wp|Indo-Aryan languages|Tseiamit}}
| fam4             = {{wp|Northern Indo-Aryan languages|Central Tseiamit}}
| fam5             = Ghobaran
| ancestor         = [[Old Mahanan]]
| ancestor2        = 
| stand1           = Common Mahanan
| stand2           = 
| stand3           = 
| listclass        = hlist
| dia1             = [[List of Mahanan Dialects]]
| dia2             = 
| dia3             = 
| script           = {{wp|Devanagari|Ghobari}}
| nation           = {{flag|Mahana}} <br> {{flag|Kotowari}}
| agency           = Mahan Academny
| isoexception     = 
| iso1             = ma
| iso2             = mah
| iso3             = mah
| glotto           = 
| map              = File:Major Mahanan speaking populations.png
| mapcaption       = A map of the major Mahanan speaking areas in Central Orient.
| notice           = IPA
}}

'''Mahanan''' is a Europan language part of the Oriental-Thalassan group, part of the {{wp|Indo-Aryan languages|Tseiamit}} sub-group. The language is the officially spoken language in [[Mahana]], with an estimated 28 million native speakers. It is the official language and lingua franca of [[Mahana]] as well as an official language in [[Kotowari]]. It is also recognised as a regionally spoken language in both [[Namdatka]] and [[Mekabiri]]. It is spoken throughout Mahana, even within smaller ethnic groups with sub-languages, as well as by around a quarter of the population of [[Namdatka]]. It is also spoken in [[Delamaria]] by the [[Durkha|Delamarian Army Durkha]] as well as by the rest of the [[Mahanans|Mahanan diaspora]] around the [[Eurth|wurld]].

The origins of the language originate from the [[Sikron Valley]] in southern [[Mahana]].

==History==
[[File:Mandhata_Shahi-_SAKE-1612.jpg|thumb|190px|Copper Inscription in the old Khaddic form of Mahanan.]]
==Literature==
==Geographical Distribution==
==Dialects==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
====Monophtongs====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Mahanan vowel phonemes
!
! {{wp|Front vowel|Front}}
! {{wp|Central vowel|Central}}
! {{wp|Back vowel|Back}}
|-
! {{wp|Close vowel|Close}}
| {{IPAlink|i}} {{IPA|ĩ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|u}} {{IPA|ũ}}
|-
! {{wp|Close-mid vowel|Close-mid}}
| {{IPAlink|e}} {{IPA|ẽ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|o}}
|-
! {{wp|Open-mid vowel|Open-mid}}
|
|
| {{IPAlink|ʌ}} {{IPA|ʌ̃}}
|-
! {{wp|Open vowel|Open}}
|
| {{IPAlink|a}} {{IPA|ã}}
|
|}

====Diphthongs====
===Consonants===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Mahanan consonant vowels
! colspan="3" |
! {{wp|Bilabial consonant|Bilabial}}
! {{wp|Dental consonant|Dental}}
! {{wp|Alveolar consonant|Alveolar}}
! {{wp|Retroflex consonant|Retroflex}}
! {{wp|Palatal consonant|Palatal}}
! {{wp|Velar consonant|Velar}}
! {{wp|Glottal consonant|Glottal}}
|-
! colspan="3" | {{wp|Nasal consonant|Nasal}}
| {{IPAlink|m}} {{angbr|म}}
|
| {{IPAlink|n}} {{angbr|न/ञ}}
| ({{IPAlink|ɳ}} {{angbr|ण}})
|
| {{IPAlink|ŋ}} {{angbr|ङ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="4" | [[Plosive]]/<br />[[Affricate]]
! rowspan="2" | <small>voiceless</small>
! <small>unaspirated</small>
| {{IPAlink|p}} {{angbr|प}}
| {{IPAlink|t}} {{angbr|त}}
| {{IPAlink|t͡s}} {{angbr|च}}
| {{IPAlink|ʈ}} {{angbr|ट}}
|
| {{IPAlink|k}} {{angbr|क}}
|
|-
! <small>aspirated</small>
| {{IPAlink|pʰ}} {{angbr|फ}}
| {{IPAlink|tʰ}} {{angbr|थ}}
| {{IPAlink|t͡sʰ}} {{angbr|छ}}
| {{IPAlink|ʈʰ}} {{angbr|ठ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|kʰ}} {{angbr|ख}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | <small>voiced</small>
! <small>unaspirated</small>
| {{IPAlink|b}} {{angbr|ब}}
| {{IPAlink|d}} {{angbr|द}}
| {{IPAlink|d͡z}} {{angbr|ज}}
| {{IPAlink|ɖ}} {{angbr|ड}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɡ}} {{angbr|ग}}
|
|-
! <small>aspirated</small>
| {{IPAlink|bʱ}} {{angbr|भ}}
| {{IPAlink|dʱ}} {{angbr|ध}}
| {{IPAlink|d͡zʱ}} {{angbr|[[File:Devanagari jh old.svg|13 px]]/झ}}
| {{IPAlink|ɖʱ}} {{angbr|ढ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɡʱ}} {{angbr|घ}}
|
|-
! colspan="3" | [[Fricative]]
|
|
| {{IPAlink|s}} {{angbr|श/ष/स}}
|
|
|
| {{IPAlink|ɦ}} {{angbr|ह}}
|-
! colspan="3" | [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
|
|
| {{IPAlink|r}} {{angbr|र}}
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="3" | [[Approximant]]
| ({{IPAlink|w}} {{angbr|व}})
|
| {{IPAlink|l}} {{angbr|ल}}
|
| ({{IPAlink|j}} {{angbr|य}})
|
|
|}
==Writing System==
==References==

{{Eurth}}
[[Category:Mahana]]