Mahanan

Mahanan
The word "Mahanan" written in Ghobaran script.
Native to	Mahana
Region	Orient
Native speakers	c. 30 million+ (2012)
Language family	Europan Euro-Alainean Tseiamit Central Tseiamit Ghobaran Mahanan
Early form	Old Mahanan
Standard forms	Common Mahanan
Dialects	List of Mahanan Dialects
Writing system	Ghobari
Official status
Official language in	Mahana Kotowari
Regulated by	Mahan Academny
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ma
ISO 639-2	mah
ISO 639-3	mah
A map of the major Mahanan speaking areas in Central Orient.

Mahanan is a Europan language part of the Oriental-Thalassan group, part of the 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 Delamarian Army Durkha as well as by the rest of the Mahanan diaspora around the wurld.

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

History

Copper Inscription in the old Khaddic form of Mahanan.

Phonology

Vowels

Monophtongs

Mahanan vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ		u ũ
Close-mid	e ẽ		o
Open-mid			ʌ ʌ̃
Open		a ã

Consonants

Mahanan consonant vowels

			Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal			m ⟨म⟩		n ⟨न/ञ⟩	(ɳ ⟨ण⟩)		ŋ ⟨ङ⟩
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	unaspirated	p ⟨प⟩	t ⟨त⟩	t͡s ⟨च⟩	ʈ ⟨ट⟩		k ⟨क⟩
		aspirated	pʰ ⟨फ⟩	tʰ ⟨थ⟩	t͡sʰ ⟨छ⟩	ʈʰ ⟨ठ⟩		kʰ ⟨ख⟩
	voiced	unaspirated	b ⟨ब⟩	d ⟨द⟩	d͡z ⟨ज⟩	ɖ ⟨ड⟩		ɡ ⟨ग⟩
		aspirated	bʱ ⟨भ⟩	dʱ ⟨ध⟩	d͡zʱ ⟨/झ⟩	ɖʱ ⟨ढ⟩		ɡʱ ⟨घ⟩
Fricative					s ⟨श/ष/स⟩				ɦ ⟨ह⟩
Rhotic					r ⟨र⟩
Approximant			(w ⟨व⟩)		l ⟨ल⟩		(j ⟨य⟩)