Montsurian language

Montsurian language
Lèng Montsurè
Pronunciation	[ˈləɲ mon(t)ˈsuɾə]
Native to	Galenia
Region	Montsuria
Ethnicity	Montsurians
Native speakers	ca. 3,770,990 (2020)
Language family	Satrio-Euclean Solaric Modern Solaric Montsurian Montsurian language
Writing system	Solaric alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Galenia
Regulated by	Academia d'e Lèng Montsurè (Montsurian Language Academy)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mt
ISO 639-2	mts
ISO 639-3	mts

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?