Mokha language
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| Mokha | |
|---|---|
| Mokhavic, Nanay | |
| - | |
 Mokha people in every-day outfits - circa 1915 | |
| Pronunciation | /-/  |
| Native to |  Mokhavia |
| Ethnicity | Mokhavics |
Native speakers | L1: 3,650,000 L2: 1,300,000 FL: - |
Unduk
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Standard forms | Coastal
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| Dialects |
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| 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†
- Nanaic
- Southern
- Yakrow language†
- Duwat language†
- Northern
† - 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 | |||||
Vowels
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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