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! {{wp|Nasal consonant|Nasal}}
! {{wp|Nasal consonant|Nasal}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|m}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Bilabial nasal|m}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|n}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Alveolar nasal|n}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|ɲ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Palatal nasal|ɲ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|ŋ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Velar nasal|ŋ}}
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! {{wp|Plosive consonant|Plosive}}
! {{wp|Plosive consonant|Plosive}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|p}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|b}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless bilabial plosive|p}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced bilabial plosive|b}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|t}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|d}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolar plosive|t}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolar plosive|d}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|k}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|ɡ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless velar plosive|k}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced velar plosive|ɡ}}
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! {{wp|Affricate consonant|Affricate}}
! {{wp|Affricate consonant|Affricate}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|t͡s}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|d͡z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolar affricate|t͡s}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolar affricate|d͡z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate|t͡ɕ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate|d͡ʑ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate|t͡ɕ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate|d͡ʑ}}
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! {{wp|Sibilant Fricative consonant|Sibilant Fricative}}
! {{wp|Sibilant Fricative consonant|Sibilant Fricative}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|s}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolar fricative|s}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolar fricative|z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative|ɕ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative|ʑ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative|ɕ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative|ʑ}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
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! {{wp|Non-sibilant Fricative consonant|Non-sib. Fricative}}
! {{wp|Non-sibilant Fricative consonant|Non-sib. Fricative}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|f}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|v}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless labiodental fricative|f}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced labiodental fricative|v}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{wp|Voiceless dental fricative|θ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced dental fricative|ð}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
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| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|j}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Palatal approximant|j}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|w}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Voiced labial–velar approximant|w}}
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! {{wp|Lateral consonant|Lateral}}
! {{wp|Lateral consonant|Lateral}}
| colspan="2" |
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| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|l}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Alveolar lateral approximant|l}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
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! {{wp|Trill consonant|Trill}}
! {{wp|Trill consonant|Trill}}
| colspan="2" |
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| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|r}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |{{wp|Alveolar tap|r}}
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| colspan="2" |
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|}
{| class="wikitable"
! {{wp|help:IPA|IPA}} !! Description !! Written as !! Estmerish approximation
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|m}} || {{wp|Bilabial nasal}} || m || '''m'''oon
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|n}} || {{wp|Alveolar nasal}} || n || '''n'''eat
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɲ}} || {{wp|Palatal nasal}} || nh || ~o'''ni'''on
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ŋ}} || {{wp|Velar nasal}} || ng, nk || ga'''ng'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|p}} || {{wp|Voiceless bilabial plosive}} || p || s'''p'''irit
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|b}} || {{wp|Voiced bilabial plosive}} || b || '''b'''oat
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|t}} || {{wp|Voiceless alveolar plosive}} || t || s'''t'''ool
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|d}} || {{wp|Voiced alveolar plosive}} || d || '''d'''ense
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|k}} || {{wp|Voiceless velar plosive}} || c, ch, k || '''c'''ar
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɡ}} || {{wp|Voiced velar plosive}} || g, gh || '''g'''oal
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|t͡s}} || {{wp|Voiceless alveolar affricate}} || c, tc || ca'''ts'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|d͡z}} || {{wp|Voiced alveolar affricate}} || dx || go'''ds'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|t͡ɕ}} || {{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate}} || ç || ~'''ch'''ew
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|d͡ʑ}} || {{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate}} || dxh || ~'''j'''ewel
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|f}} || {{wp|Voiceless labiodental fricative}} || f || '''f'''ur
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|v}} || {{wp|Voiced labiodental fricative}} || v || '''v'''ein
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|θ}} || {{wp|Voiceless dental fricative}} || z || '''th'''ick
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ð}} || {{wp|Voiced dental fricative}} || z || '''th'''at
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|s}} || {{wp|Voiceless alveolar fricative}} || s || '''s'''oup
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|z}} || {{wp|Voiced alveolar fricative}} || x || '''z'''ebra
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɕ}} || {{wp|Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative}} || sh || {{wp|Serbo-Croatian phonology#Consonants|Novalian}} mi'''š''' će
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ʒ}} || {{wp|Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative}} || g, xh || {{wp|Serbo-Croatian phonology#Consonants|Novalian}} pu'''ž''' će
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɾ}} || {{wp|Alveolar tap}} || r || {{wp|Italian phonology|Poveglian}} '''r'''iesco
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|l}} || {{wp|Alveolar lateral approximant}} || l || '''l'''oan
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|w}} || {{wp|Voiced labial–velar approximant}} || u, o || '''w'''ar
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|j}} || {{wp|Palatal approximant}} || i || '''y'''ogurt
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Revision as of 22:01, 11 March 2021

Montsurian language
Lèng Montsurè
Pronunciation[ˈləɲ mon(t)ˈsuɾə]
Native to Galenia
RegionMontsuria
Tethia
EthnicityMontsurians
Native speakers
ca. 3,770,990 (2020)
Satrio-Euclean
Solaric alphabet
Official status
Official language in
Galenia
Regulated byAcademia d'e Lèng Montsurè (Montsurian Language Academy)
Language codes
ISO 639-1mt
ISO 639-2mts
ISO 639-3mts

Phonology

Consonants

Montsurian consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ   ŋ
Plosive p b t d k ɡ
Affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ɕ d͡ʑ
Sibilant Fricative s z ɕ ʑ
Non-sib. Fricative f v θ ð
Approximant   j w
Lateral l  
Trill r
IPA Description Written as Estmerish approximation
m Bilabial nasal m moon
n Alveolar nasal n neat
ɲ Palatal nasal nh ~onion
ŋ Velar nasal ng, nk gang
p Voiceless bilabial plosive p spirit
b Voiced bilabial plosive b boat
t Voiceless alveolar plosive t stool
d Voiced alveolar plosive d dense
k Voiceless velar plosive c, ch, k car
ɡ Voiced velar plosive g, gh goal
t͡s Voiceless alveolar affricate c, tc cats
d͡z Voiced alveolar affricate dx gods
t͡ɕ Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate ç ~chew
d͡ʑ Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate dxh ~jewel
f Voiceless labiodental fricative f fur
v Voiced labiodental fricative v vein
θ Voiceless dental fricative z thick
ð Voiced dental fricative z that
s Voiceless alveolar fricative s soup
z Voiced alveolar fricative x zebra
ɕ Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative sh Novalian miš će
ʒ Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative g, xh Novalian puž će
ɾ Alveolar tap r Poveglian riesco
l Alveolar lateral approximant l loan
w Voiced labial–velar approximant u, o war
j Palatal approximant i yogurt

Notes:

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Middle ə
Open a ɒ

Vocabulary

Greetings

  • Hello - Çáo
  • Welcome - Mirvènut, Bènvènut
  • Good morning - Mirdxhiè, Bundxhie
  • Good afternoon/evening - Mirbriem, Bunbriem
  • Good night- Mirènat, Bunènat
  • Goodbye (formal) - Adéox
  • Goodbye (informal) - Mirçin
  • How are you? (informal) - Com sieni (tu)?
  • How are you? (formal) - Com èshtes (vas)?
  • What is your name? (informal) - Com truiame (tu)?
  • What is your name? (formal) - Com èshtes (vas) nim?
    • My name is ... - Mir nim si...
  • Thank you (formal) - Iáo salut vas ènor
  • Thank you (informal) - Salut vas
    • You’re welcome - Pèlçim, Il pèlçim si mir
  • Yes - Po
  • No - No
  • Who? - Cush?
  • What? - Çè?
  • When? - Cund?
  • Where? - Und?
  • Why? - Pè Cush?
  • How? - Com?
  • Which? - Cáol?
  • How many? - Chènt sa?