Montsurian language
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| Montsurian language | |
|---|---|
| Lèng Montsurè | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈləɲ mon(t)ˈsuɾə] |
| Native to |  Galenia |
| Region | Montsuria Tethia |
| Ethnicity | Montsurians |
Native speakers | ca. 3,770,990 (2020) |
Satrio-Euclean
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| Solaric alphabet | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Galenia |
| Regulated by | Akademia d'a Lèng Montsurè (Montsurian Language Academy) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mt |
| ISO 639-2 | mts |
| ISO 639-3 | mts |
Phonology
Consonants
| 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 | ç | ʝ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ | ||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
Notes:
- The sounds k and g preceding frontal rising diphthongs, /ja/ and /je/, are palatalized and sound like /ç/ and /ʝ/ respectively.
- In the Southwestern accent, the sounds of k as /ç/ and g as /ʝ/ before frontal rising diphthongs, /ja/ and /je/, are allophone to /kx/ and /gɣ/, respectively.
- The sounds k and g located on the onset of unstressed syllables sound like /j/ and /ɰ/ respectively.
- In the Southwestern accent, the sounds of k as /j/ and g as /ɰ/ before on the onset of unstressed syllables are allophone to /x/ and /ɣ/, respectively.
- The letter q sounds like an aspired /g/ and appears only in Rahelian and Badaviu loan-words.
- When -nt is located in the coda of a syllable, the /t/ is an allophone of /d/ while the /d/ in -nd is muted.
- Both -nk and -ng are allophones of voiced velar nasal /ŋ/.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Middle | ə | ||
| Open | a | ɒ |
Vocabulary
Greetings
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