Mokha language
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Mokha | |
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Mokhavic, Mokhavian, Nanay | |
![]() Mokha people neer the city of Dene circa 1915 | |
Pronunciation | /-/ |
Native to | ![]() |
Ethnicity | Mokhavics |
Native speakers | L1: 3,650,000 L2: 1,520,000 |
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 | ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | MK |
ISO 639-2 | MKH |
ISO 639-3 | MKH |
![]() Distribution of the language
Absolute majority >30% of native speakers | |
The Mokha language (Mokha: -) is the language of the Mokha people (aka: Mokhavic/Mokhavian/Nanay people), spoken on the coasts and inland of the Unduk lakes in Mokhavia, mainly the Nanay and Monay lakes. It's one of the indeginous languages spoken on the continent of Argis. It's the official working langauge of the nation of Mokhavia, spoken in the majority of the country.
Classification
Mokha is one of the 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
- Mokha language
- Seykel language
- Monaic
- Aarnuaq language‡
- Nanaic
- Southern
- Yakrow language‡
- Duwat language†
- Northern
- ‡ - endangered
- † - extinct language
Geographic Distribution
The Mokha language is spoken mainly in the majority north of the nation of Mokhavia, around the Unduk lakes. Historically it was spoken in a larger area around the unduk's, but with the surounding germanic and slavic tribes it has shrunked to the modern confines.
Most speakers are located on the eastern Nanay and northern Monay coasts, and around the Dene and Mäjsä rivers.
History
TBA
Phonology & Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
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Plain | Long | Plain | Long | Plain | Long | Plain | Long | Plain | Long | Plain | Long | |
Nasal | m [m] | mm [mː] | n [n] | nn [nː] | ||||||||
Plosive | p [p] | pp [pː] | t [t] | tt [tː] | k̠ [c] | k̠k̠ [cː] | k [k] | kk [kː] | q [q] | qq [qː] | ||
Affricate | ts [t͡s] | tts [t͡sː] | ts̠ [t͡s̙] | tts̠ [t͡s̙ː] | ||||||||
Sibilant Fricative | v [v] | vv [vː] | s [s] | ss [sː] | s̠ [s̙] | s̠s̠ [s̙ː] | x [x] | xx [xː] | x̠ [χ] | x̠x̠ [χː] | ||
Lateral Fricative | ł [ɬ] | łł [ɬː] | ||||||||||
Aproximant | w [w] | l [l] | ll [lː] | j [j] | ||||||||
Tap/Flap | r [ɾ] |
Vowels & Vowel Harmony
Front | Central | Back | |||||
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unrounded | unrounded | unrounded | rounded | ||||
short | long | short | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i [i] | ii [iː] | y [ɪ̈] | u [u] | uu [uː] | ||
Open-mid | e [ɛ] | ee [ɛː] | o [ɔ] | oo [ɔː] | |||
Open | ä [æ] | ää [æː] | a [ɑ] | a [ɑː] | |||
Harmony | ä | a |
vowel harmony occurance in affixes is marked with (v)
Stress
Stress in modern Mokha is free-flowing, and dosen't convey meaning
Writing system
Mokha is written in the Unduk Alphabet, which is a modified Latin alphabet used for the Unduk languages.
Mokha Variant:
A a | Ä ä | E e | I i | J j | K k | K̠ k̠ | L l | Ł ł |
M m | N n | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | S̠ s̠ | T t |
Ts ts | Ts̠ ts̠ | U u | V v | W w | X x | X̠ x̠ | Y y |
Unnoficial ways to write the special characters, seen mainly online.
Due to the fact the letter ⟨h⟩ dosen't appear in the language officially, it's usually used in combination with others:
- Ä ä → ah
- K̠ k̠ → kj
- Ł ł → lh
- S̠ s̠ → sh / Ts̠ ts̠ → tsh
- X̠ x̠ → xh
Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Majuscule | A | Ä | E | I | J | K | K̠ | L | Ł | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | S̠ | T | Ts | Ts̠ | U | V | W | X | X̠ | Y |
Minuscule | a | ä | e | i | j | k | k̠ | l | ł | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | s̠ | t | ts | ts̠ | u | v | w | x | x̠ | y |
IPA Sound | ɑ | æ | ɛ | i | j | k | c | l | ɬ | m | n | ɔ | p | q | ɾ | s | s̙ | t | t͡s | t͡s̙ | u | v | w | x | χ | ɪ̈ |
Grammar
TBA
Syntax
- SVO (SOV)
- possessor - possessee
- noun like adjectives
- adjective - noun
- postpositions
- Verb - Auxiliary
Nouns
TBA
Animacy
Mokha, like other Unduk languages, distinguishes animate and inanimate objects. Due to their faith, animates also include plants, fluids, and groups of animates. A food that has been processed is concidered to be inanimate, as it no longer possesses life, seen from a religeous view.
Number
Only animate nouns are inflected with plurality suffixes:
- for words ending in consonants other than ⟨r, j, w⟩ the suffix -(c)(v), with the last consonant lenghtening: k̠et (man) → k̠että (men)
- for words ending in the ⟨r, j, w⟩ consonants the suffix -(v)t: ammaj (bush) → ammajat (bushes)
- for words ending in vowels, long or short, the suffix -jt: mejtä (woman) → mejtäjt (women)
Inanimate nouns aren't inflected, but are treated as singular or plural in other ways, such as copula.
Articles
Type | Word | Аffix (consonant) |
Example | Аffix (vowel) |
Example |
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none | niivejt (fish) (plural) | attä (lichen) (singular) | |||
definite | -(v)k | niivejtäk (the fish) | -jk | attäjk (the lichen) | |
Proximal-demonstrative | kao | ka- | kaniivejt (these fish) | k̠- | k̠attä (this lichen) |
Distal-demonstrative | łe | ły- | łyniivejt (those fish) | ł- | łattä (that lichen) |
Partitive | nys̠ol | ny- | nyniivejt (some fish) | nyj- | nyjattä (some lichen) |
Partitive-Collective | itäjtä | itä- | itäniivejt (most fish) | it- | itattä (most lichen) |
Non-Partitive | ejnejtä | ej- | ejniivejt (no fish) | ej- | ejattä (no lichen) |
Cases
Mokha has a complex case system, consisting of 19 cases, wich differ from animate and inanimate nouns:
Animate | ||||
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Case | end-vowel | end-consonant | ||
Affix | Example | Affix | Example | |
Nominative | -Ø | mejtä ( -NOM) | -Ø | k̠et ( -NOM) |
Dative | -j | mejtäj (to a ) | -(v)j | k̠etäj (to a ) |
Genative | -s̠ | mejtäs̠ (of a ) | -(v)s̠ | k̠etäs̠ (of a ) |
Accusitive | -t | mejtät ( -ACC) | -(v)t | k̠etät ( -ACC) |
Instrumental | -p | mejtäp (using a ) | -(v)p | k̠etäp (using a ) |
Comitative | -ts̠ | mejtäts̠ (with a ) | -(v)ts̠ | k̠etäts̠ (with a ) |
Comparative | -l | mejtäl (as a ) | -(v)l | k̠etäl (as a ) |
Inessive | -v | mejtäv (in/side a ) | -(v)v | k̠etäv (in/side a ) |
Adessive | -r | mejtär (neer a ) | -(ä)r | k̠etär (neer a ) |
Postessive | -ks | mejtäks (behind a ) | -(v)ks | k̠etäks (behind a ) |
Superessive | -v(v)r | mejtävär (on top of/above a ) | -(v)v(v)r | k̠etävär (on top of/above a ) |
Subessive | -k̠i | mejtäk̠i (under a ) | -(a)ki | k̠etäk̠i (under a ) |
Allative | -m | mejtäm (towards a ) | -(v)m | k̠etäm (towards a ) |
Ablative | -nt | mejtänt (from a ) | -(v)nt | k̠etänt (from a ) |
Lative | -vi | mejtävi (going in/side a ) | -(v)vi | k̠etävi (going in/side a ) |
Elative | -x | mejtäx (out of a ) | -(v)x | k̠etäx (out of a ) |
Benefactial | -wa | mejtäwa (for a ) | -wa | k̠etwa (for a ) |
Prolative | -n(v) | mejtänä (via a ) | -(v)n(v) | k̠etänä (via a ) |
Inanimate | ||||
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Case | end-vowel | end-consonant | ||
Affix | Example | Affix | Example | |
Nominative | -Ø | saaqa (snow -NOM) | -Ø | qaat (rock -NOM) |
Dative | -q | saaqaq (to snow) | -(v)q | qaataq (to a rock) |
Genative | -s | saaqas (of snow) | -(v)s | qaatas (of a rock) |
Accusitive | -ły | saaqały (snow -ACC) | -(v)ły | qaatały (rock -ACC) |
Instrumental | -p | saaqap (using snow) | -(v)p | qaatap (using a rock) |
Comitative | -ty | saaqaty (with snow) | -(v)ty | qaataty (with a rock) |
Comparative | -ts | saaqats (as snow) | -(v)ts | qaatats (as a rock) |
Inessive | -vy | saaqavy (in/side snow) | -(v)vy | qaatavy (in/side a rock) |
Adessive | -ly | saaqaly (neer snow) | -(ä)ly | qaataly (neer a rock) |
Postessive | -x̠ | saaqax̠ (behind snow) | -(v)x̠ | qaatax̠ (behind a rock) |
Superessive | -v(v)r | saaqavar (on top of/above snow) | -(v)v(v)r | qaatavar (on top of/above a rock) |
Subessive | -t(v)r | saaqatar (under snow) | -(a)t(v)r | qaatatar (under a rock) |
Allative | -my | saaqamy (towards snow) | -(v)my | qaatamy (towards a rock) |
Ablative | -jo | saaqajo (from snow) | -(v)jo | qaatajo (from a rock) |
Lative | -wn(v) | saaqawna (going in/side snow) | -(v)wn(v) | qaatawna (going in/side a rock) |
Elative | -xy | saaqaxy (out of snow) | -(v)xy | qaataxy (out of a rock) |
Benefactial | -wa | saaqawa (for snow) | -wa | qaatwa (for a rock) |
Prolative | -n | saaqan (via snow) | -(v)n | qaatan (via a rock) |
Adjectives
Adjectives in Mokha by default come before the noun, but they can go after if needed, nouns and verbs can be turned into adjectives via a suffix:
- suffix after a consonant -(v)n: k̠et (man) → k̠etän (manly)
- suffix after a vowel -n: xanäjme (tribe/clan) → xanäjmen (tribal)
- example with verb-to-adjective: ässä (to freeze) → ässän (freezing)
Pronouns
TBA
Possession
Verbs
- <type-1> - verbs ending in consonants
- <type-2> - verbs ending in vowels
Mood | Past | Present | Future | Future in the past | |||
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Simple | Perfect | Simple | Simple | Perfect | Simple | Perfect | |
Indicative | <type-1>(v)s <type-2>s |
<type-1>(v)s(v)p <type-2>s(v)p |
<type-1> <type-2> |
<type-1>(v)n <type-2>n |
<type-1>(v)n(v)p <type-2>n(v)p |
<type-1>(v)m(v) <type-2>m(v) |
<type-1>(v)m(v)p <type-2>m(v)p |
Imperative | <type-1>(v)s <type-2>s |
<type-1>(v)n(v) <type-2>n(v) |
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Capabilty | <type-1>es <type-2>s̠es |
<type-1>es(v)p <type-2>s̠es(v)p |
<type-1>e <type-2>s̠e |
<type-1>en <type-2>s̠en |
<type-1>en(v)p <type-2>s̠en(v)p |
<type-1>em(v) <type-2>s̠em(v) |
<type-1>em(v)p <type-2>s̠em(v)p |
Assurtive | <type-1>(v)q(v) <type-2>q(v) |
Words ending in consonants ⟨k, t, s, l⟩ ongo mutation before ⟨e⟩:
- ostjak (to look) → ostjak̠e (be able to look)
- x̠eet (to sit) → x̠eets̠e (be able to sit)
- oros (to eat) → oros̠e (be able to eat)
- qox̠al (to break) → qox̠ałe (be able to break)
Tenses/Aspect/Moods
TBA
Person & Direction
The language has affixes that signal who is doing and receaving the action of the verb:
Person & Number | start/end-consonant | start/end-vowel | ||||
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Affix | Affix | |||||
Subjective | Objective | Subjective | Objective | |||
Singular | 1st | ko- | -k(v)[a] | kw- | -k(v) | |
2nd | e- | -wa | et- | -wa | ||
3d | Animate | Ø- | -j(v)[b] | Ø- | -j(v) | |
Inanimate | y- | -y | ym- | -my | ||
Self | Ø- | -tuj[c] | Ø- | -tuj | ||
Plural | 1st | kotä- | -kot[d] | kot- | -kot | |
2nd | ets̠i- | -wat | et-[e] | -wat | ||
3d | Animate | tä- | -jät | t- | -jät | |
Inanimate | ytä- | -yt | yt- | -myt | ||
Self | Ø- | -tujt[f] | Ø- | -tujt |
Examples:
- kojorosan kaajt - i will eat berries
1SG.SUBJ-eat-FUT berry-PL - koqax̠alkyqäwa - i *will* kick your a*s
1SG.SUBJ-AUG.beat-ASRT-2SG.OBJ
Copula
TBA
Adverbs
TBA
Questions
TBA
Numerals
TBA
Dialects
TBA
Lexicon
TBA
Language Examples
TBA
- ↑ Seykel is disputed to weather it's a separate language or a developed dialect.