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Mokhavic
Mokhian, Kolkhian
Мохшашла нен
Mohshashla nen.png
Pronunciation[ˈmɔx.ʃäʃ.la̽ nɛn] Speaker Icon.svg
Native to Qazhshava
RegionSouthern Thuadia
EthnicityMokhavics
Native speakers
L1: -
L2: -
Paleo-Qazhshavan
  • Proto-Mokhavic
    • Mokhavic
Standard forms
Mezhian
Dialects
  • Northern Hill
  • Southern Hill (Mezhian)
  • Meadow
  • Transmountain
  • Anravy-Basil
  • Nashean
Govoric
Official status
Official language in
 Qazhshava
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1mh
ISO 639-2mkh
ISO 639-3mkh
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The Mokhavic language is the widely spoken of it's family, also called Mokhavic, and the official language of the nation of Qazhshava. It is an ancient Thuadian tounge with no known ancestral conection to the surrounding Thuado-Thrismaran languages.

Classification

As of yet, any attempts to link the Mokhavic languages to any other languages in the world have failed, altough some still believe its a very old relative to the Thuado-Thrismaran languages, which is only backed up by similar features which have been speculated and some proven to have come due to influence from said languages, and some reconstructed-proto words and existign root words that seem to have been borrowod from early forms of the slavic and germanic languages.

Dialects

The standart form of the Mokhavic language is based on the mezhian dialect, also known as the Southern Hill dialect.

History

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Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɣ (ɡ)[a]
Affricate voiceless t̬͡s[b] t̬͡ʃ[c]
voiced
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x~h
voiced v z ʒ
Aproximant voiced w l j
ʎ
Tap & Trill voiced ɾ
  1. Some speakers pronounce it as /g/, mainly 2L speakers, but naturally it occurs mainly in loanwords and in stressed syllables.
  2. It's ussually voiced after voiced consonants, but the langauge dosent distinguish voiced d͡z and voicless t͡s.
  3. It's ussually voiced after voiced consonants, but the langauge dosent distinguish voiced d͡ʒ and voicless t͡ʃ.

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Close-Mid ɤ
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ
Open a~ɑ

Stress

Stress in Mokhavic is pretty weak, there is no set rules to it and linguists disagree as to where stress occurs in words.

Writing System

Mokhavic is written using the Govoric script, which was adopted around the 11th century, and used ever sence Govoric version:

А а Ӑ ӑ Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ж ж З з
И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н О о П п Р р
С с Т т У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш
Ы ы Ь ь Ю ю Я я


However the government adapted a standartized Romanized form of the script in the late 20th century Romanized version:

А а Ӑ ӑ B b C c Č č D d E e F f G g
H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p
Q q R r S s Š š T t U u V v W w X x
Y y Z z Ž ž


Detailed table

Bruh Name IPA Romanized
А а а /a/ a /ɐ/ when reduced.
Ӑ ӑ ӑ /ɤ/ ă /ə/ when reduced.
Б б бӑ /b/ b
В в вӑ /v/ v
Г г гӑ /ɣ/,/ɡ/ g Usually by 2L speakers, foreing loanwords, and in some dialects, it gets pronoucned as /ɡ/.
Д д дӑ /d/ d
Е е е /ɛ/ e /e~ɪ/ when reduced.
Ж ж жӑ /ʒ/ ž
З з зӑ /z/ z
И и и /i/ i
Й й йӑ /j/ j It's used only as a first letter, when it appears after a vowel.
К к кӑ /k/ k
Л л лӑ /l/ l In some dialects it can get pronounced /w/ after vowels.
М м мӑ /m/ m
Н н нӑ /n/ n
О о о /ɔ/ o
П п пӑ /p/ p
Р р рӑ /ɾ/, /r/ r
С с сӑ /s/ s
Т т тӑ /t/ t
У у у /u/ u
Ў ў ўӑ /w/ w
Ф ф фӑ /f/ f
х х хӑ /x~h/ h
Ц ц цӑ /t̬͡s/ c The language dosen't distinguish voiced/unvoiced versions of /t͡s~d͡z/ & /t͡ʃ~d͡ʒ/,

instead the value of the sound is often determied by the previous sound, if it's voiceless or a vowel
the affricate is also voiceless, if its voiced, then the affricate is voiced too, but it the voiceness
dosen't matter in practice.

Ч ч чӑ /t̬͡ʃ/ č
Ш ш шӑ /ʃ/ š
Ы ы ӑ-паль,
и-грек
/ɤ/ y Only in loanwords.
Ь ь йӑ-паль /◌ʲ/ j Used only after consonants, except in conbination with 'У у' for the govoric version of 'W w'.
Ю ю ю /ju/ ju
Я я я /ja/,/ɛ/ ja/е In some dialects it geats read as /ɛ/ when its between consonants.
Ль ль льӑ /ʎ/ lj
Нь нц ньӑ /ɲ/ nj
Кь кь Кю /kʷ/,/kʲ/,/c/ q Only in foreign words. /kʷ/ after every vowel except ⟨i⟩ & ⟨e⟩, where its /kʲ/.
Кс кс икс /k͡s/ x Only in foreign words

Brail

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Keyboard layout

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Grammar

Syllable structure

Mokhavic's syllable structure is classed as complex.

  • (C)(C)V(C2)(S)
  • S - /s/, /ʃ/, (/f/)
  • if C2 is a consonant of the (S) class, then the (S) consonant can be a stop

Morphology

Mokhavic is generally an agglutinative language, there are many suffixes going into a verb, for example 'йорхелӑчкемеченой' (we wern't going to drink it), the verb can be broken down into parts 'йор-хе-лӑ-чкем-еч-ен-ой' . Each morpheme here contributes to the meaning of the verb tense or the person who has performed the verb.

Number & Articles

Mokhavian has 2 numbers; Singular and Plural

Plurality
Multisyllabic Monosyllabic
-(т)aр
-(t)ar
-(т)ӑби
-(t)ӑbi


Mokhavic also has only a definite article

Defenitiness
Sing. -(т)и
-(t)i
Plur. -тфи
-tfi

Inflection

Mokhavic has a very high count of noun cases, that being 20 (listed below), most of these being motion and location cases,

Case Name Suffix Question Words Example
Nominative - мо, рo (who, what; subject) чам (a man; subject)
Genitive -(и)с мос, рос (whose, what's) чамис (of a man)
Dative -(а)ти моти, роти (to whom, to what/why) чамати (to a man)
Accusative -(а)иц моц, роц (whom, what; object) чамиц (a man; object)
Instrumental -(а)но моно, роно (with who, with what) чамано (with a man)
Comitative -мах момах, ромах (with whom, with what) чаммах (with a man)
Comparative -бча мобча, робча (like who, like what/how) чамбча (like a man)
Inessive -(а)ш мош, рош (in who[a],/what) чамаш (in a man)
Adessive -ка мока, рока (neer who, neer what) чамка (neer a man)
Postessive -(а)зи мози, рози (Behind who,/what) чамази (Behind a man)
Superessive -(v)ма мома, рома (On top of who,/what) чамма (on top of a man)
Subessive -пша мопша, ропша (Under of who,/what) чампша (under a man)
Allative -ле моле, роле (towards who, where to) чамле (towards a man)
Ablative -сао мосао, росао, мсао (from who,/what/where) чамсао (from a man)
Lative -ахк моахк, роахк (into who,/what) чамахк (into a man)
Elative -епе моепе, роепе (Out of who,/what) чамепе (out of a man)
Benefactial -й/ижба моижба, роижба (for who,/what) чамижба (for a man)
Vocative -/о,-е[b] - чаме (man/dude!)
Adjective -(а)в роав (like what-adj) чамв (manly -adj)
Adverbial -(а)дӑл радӑл (how-adv) чамдӑл (manly -adv)
  1. In mokhavic, to say "who has the <item>" you would literally say it as "in who is the <item>"
  2. -/o is when the word ends in a vowel, and -e when it ends in a consonant.

Mokhavic uses Comparison forms of Adjectives and Adverbs:

  • Positive - Bassic form of the word- happy - ахчив
  • Negative - Negation of the word - unhappy - юахчив
  • Comparitive - Form for comparison relative to something - happier - мпеахчив
  • Superlative - Form showing absolute relative to a group - happiest - амшахчив
  • Augmentative - Form showing absolute position without a relative - ultimately happy - амбахчив

Pronouns

Mokhavic has a high number of inflected pronouns due to the number of cases it has.

  Nom. Gen. Dat. Acu. Ins. Com. Compr. Ine. Ade. Poste. Supe. Sube All. Abl. Lat. Ela. Bene. Voc. Adj. Adv.
Singular First ме мейс ми йеmц мено мемах менле мейш мека мези мема мепша меле месао мехк мепе мейжба - мейв мейдӑл
Second шен шес ше шейц шено шемах шенле шейш шека шези шема шепша шеле шесао шехк шепе шейжба ши! шев шедӑл
Third proximal ой ойс йо ойц ойно оймах ойнле ойш ойка ойзи ойма ойпша ойле ойсао ойхк ойпе ойжба - ойв ойдӑл
distal ая аяс айо айц аяно аямах аянле аяш аяка аязи аяма аяпша аяле аясао аяхк аяпе аяйжба - аяв аявдӑл
Plural First чен ченaс че ченно ченмах ченнле ченaш ченка чензи ченма ченпша ченле ченсао ченахк ченпе ченижба - ченав чендӑл
Second смен сменaс сме сменно сменмах сменнле сменaш сменка смензи сменма сменпша сменле сменсао сменахк сменпе сменижба сме! сменав смендӑл
Third proximal они онис нийо ониц онино онимах онинле ониш оника онизи онима онипша ониле онисао онихк онипе онийжба - онив онидӑл
distal ана анас анао анац анано анамах ананле анаш анака анази анама анапша анале анасао анахк анапе анайжба - анав анавдӑл
Self тоф тофaс то тофно тофмах тофнле тофaш тофка тофзи тофма тофпша тофле тофсао тофахк тофпе тофижба - тофав тофдӑл


Instead of using an auxiliary word for am/are/is the language instead has contracted forms of the pronouns and the word be

Past Present Future Future
in the past
-was -NEG.was -be -NEG.be -will.be -NEG.will.be -was.going.to -NEG.was.going.to
Singular First тех ютех вам ювам лум юлум хелум юхелум
Second цех юцех ци юци луц юлуц хелуц юхелуц
Third proximal ех йех ар уюр лу юлу хелу юхелу
distal
Plural First чех ючех веч ювеч луч юлуч хелуч юхелуч
Second смех юсмех вемс ювемс лумс юлумс хелумс юхелумс
Third proximal сех юсех сер юсер лус юлус хелус юхелус
distal


The language also uses possessive sufixes, one could say my dog and another dog-my, the only diference being that using a pronoun brings more emphasis to it.

Suffix Example
Singular First -й/им кичим (my dog)
Second -й/иш кичиш (your dog - sin.)
Third Proximal -(и)йо кичийо (his/her dog)
Distal -й/ия кичия (his/her dog)
Plural First -е/ен кичен (our dog)
Second -(е)сен кичесен (your dog - plr)
Third Proximal -(и)йоч кичийоч (their dog)
Distal -й/ияч кичияйч (their dog)

Verbs

Tenses

Mokhavic dosen't have conjunctions, if a verb dosen't fit into the template a filler affix -и- is incerted, and in the
бод - walk

Mood Person Number Past Present Future Future
in the
past
Simple Perfect Simple Simple Perfect Simple Perfect
Indicative 1st Singular бодвади бодкфади бодва бодвани бодкфани брабодвани брабодкфани
Plural бодчади бодбчади бодча бодчани бодбчани брабодчани брабодбчани
2nd Singular бодсди боджди бодс бодсани бодждани храбодсани храбодждани
Plural бодсемди бодмзди бодсем бодсмани бодмздани храбодсмани храбодмздани
3d Singular бодиди боддади боди бодини боддни залбодини залбоддни
Plural боднди боддинди бодни сбодно сбоддини залбодно залбоддини
Imperative All Singular бодчи бодчти
Plural бодча бодчта


Direction

Mokhavic has a Polypersional agreement where a verb contains both the body doing the action and the body expiriencing the action.

Prefix Example
Self Singular то- тобцесва (i drank myself - "i got drunk")
Plural тобцесча (we drank ourselves - "we got drunk")
2s Singular ши- шимовади (i hit you)
Plural мсе- мсемовади (i hit you)
3s Singular и- ипсесди (you hit him/her)
Plural ай- айпсесди (you hit them)

Negatoin

For negation the prefix "ю(р)-" is added in singular, for example ибцесва(i drank it) and 'юрибцесва' (i didn't drank it).

Infinite

In mokhavic there's an infinite suffix that has the translated meaning of "to", as in "you want me to drink" would be literaly you-want to-drink-i.

Synatx

Mokhavic is generally SVO, though SOV can be used too, and other word orders commonly apear in folk songs and poetry. Possessees come before possessors, adjectives before nouns and it has postpositions.

Questions

Yes or No Questions

To form yes or no questions the suffix -(а)ка is used: for example "did i drink" - бцесвака

Interrogatives

Mokhavic English
ро
роц
what?
мо
моц
who?
рамдо how much/many
рое which
робча how
тао why
мао where
мой when

Vocabulary

Mokhavic uses a word-derivation system. By using a root, and adding some definite prefixes, suffixes and conbining words, one can derive many nouns and adjectives from the root. For example, from the root -мохш-, the following words can be derived: Мохшац (a Mokhavic person), Мохшашла (the Mokhavic language) and Амохшфети (Mokhavia/Qazhshava), also сўан (word) + ача (book/read) becomes сўаняча (dictionary).

Language example

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