Mokha language

Mokha
Mokhavic, Nanay
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Mokha people neer the city of Dene circa 1915
Pronunciation	/-/
Native to	Mokhavia
Ethnicity	Mokhavics
Native speakers	L1: 3,650,000 L2: 1,300,000 FL: -
Language family	Unduk Northern Nanaic Mokha
Standard forms	Coastal
Dialects	Coastal Inland Forest Inland plains Southern
Writing system	Latin alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Mokhavia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	MK
ISO 639-2	MKH
ISO 639-3	MKH
Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers (Note: Map includes Seykel area)

The Mokha language (Mokha: -) is an Unduk language spoken in Mokhavia.

Classification

Mokha is one of only 2 remaining members of the Unduk language family, the Unduk languages are a sub Paleo-Canamo language group. Most other Unduk languages went extinct by assimilation from people like the Ateenians, Haydag and even other Unduk tribes. The closest living language to Mokha, and also the only other Unduk language is the Seykel language, some linguist group them thoghether into one language due to their great similarity. The language map shown in the infobox includes areas of Seykel.

• Proto-Unduk
  • Northern
    • Nanaic
      • Seykel language*
      • Mokha language
    • Monaic
      • Aarnuaq language†
  • Southern
    • Yakrow language†
    • Duwat language†

† - extinct language

Geographic Distribution

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History

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Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m		n			ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t				k
	voiced	b	d
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s	t͡s̙
	voiced			d͡z	d͡z̙
Fricative	voiceless	f		s	s̙		x
	voiced	v		z	z̙		ɣ
Aproximant	voiced	w		l ɬ		j
	voiceless	ʍ
Tap & Trill	voiced		ɾ~r

Orthography

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Grammar

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Dialects

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Lexicon

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Language Examples

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