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Maskey
Khaskalhk'aa
Pronunciation/xas.kaɮ̊.k’aː/
Native to Mokhavia
EthnicityMaskey people
Native speakers
-
Official status
Official language in
 Mokhavia
Language codes
ISO 639-1MSK
ISO 639-2MSK
ISO 639-3MSK
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Phonology

Labial Alveolar Post-Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain sibilant lateral
Plosive /
Affricate
plain ⟨b⟩ ⟨d⟩ d̥z̥ ⟨dz⟩ d̥ɮ̊ ⟨dlh⟩ d̥z̝̊~d̥ʒ̊ ⟨j⟩ ⟨g⟩ ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩
aspirated ⟨p⟩ ⟨t⟩ tsʰ ⟨ts⟩ tɬʰ ⟨tlh⟩ ts̝ʰ~tʃʰ ⟨ch⟩ ⟨k⟩
ejective ⟨pʼ⟩ ⟨tʼ⟩ tsʼ ⟨tsʼ⟩ tɬʼ ⟨tlhʼ⟩ ts̝ʼ~tʃʼ ⟨chʼ⟩ ⟨kʼ⟩
Sonorants Fricative s ⟨s⟩ ɮ̊ ⟨lh⟩ ~ʃ ⟨sh⟩ x ⟨kh⟩
Nasal m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩
Approximant /
Tap
ɾ ⟨r⟩ l ⟨l⟩ j ⟨y⟩ w ⟨w⟩
  • /m/ and /n/ can apear as syllabic
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i ⟨i⟩ ⟨ii⟩ u ⟨u⟩ ⟨uu⟩
Mid ɛ ⟨e⟩ ⟨ee⟩ o ⟨o⟩ ⟨oo⟩
Low a ⟨a⟩ ⟨aa⟩
Harmony i a u
  • short vowels raise up when unstressed (/ɛ/→/e̝~i/;/a/→/ɐ~ə/;/o/→/o̝~u/)
  • the /o/ is sound closer to /o̞/

Writing system

Aa
/a/
Bb
/b̥/
Cc
/k~ts/[a]
Dd
/d̥/
Dz dz
/d̥z̥/
Dlh dlh
/d̥ɮ̊/
Ee
/ɛ/
Ff
/f/
Gg
/g̊/
Hh[b]
(/x/)[c]
Ii
/i/
Jj
/d̥z̝̊~d̥ʒ̊/
Kk
/kʰ/
K' k'
/kʼ/
Kh kh
/x/
Ll
/l/
Lh lh
/ɮ̊/
Mm
/m/
Nn
/n/
Oo
/o/
Pp
/pʰ/
P' p'
/pʼ/
Qq
/kʷ/
Rr
/ɾ/
Ss
/s/
Sh sh
/s̝~ʃ/
Tt
/tʰ/
T' t'
/tʼ/
Ts ts
/tsʰ/
Ts' ts'
/tsʼ/
Tlh tlh
/tɬʰ/
Tlh' tlh'
/tɬʼ/
Uu
/u/
Vv
/w~ʋ/
Ww
/w/
Xx
/ks/
Yy
/j/
Zz
/z̥~s/
'
/ʔ~ᵊ◌/[d]
  1. /ts/ before /i/, /ɛ/ or /j/
  2. Letter used in multigraphs, and words of foreign origin
  3. In foreign words
  4. when ⟨ ' ⟩ is added between sonorants (except semivowels) and read as /ᵊ◌/ (also in some pronouns)

Grammar


  - Vowel Harmony
  - Vowel Harmony, that apears if the word ends/begins in a plosive/stop consonant
  - Apears if the word ends/begins in a vowel

Syntax & Syllable structure

Pronouns

Person & Number NOM GEN DAT ACC INS COMP INE ALL ABL PROL
Singular 1st ga galh gu gi g'sa gadlha g'ma kaga taga g'ra
2nd lhe welh lhu lhi lh'si lhedhli lh'mi kalhe talhe lh'ra
3d de delh du di d'si deglhi d'mi kade tade d'ra
Plural 1st Inclusive gask gask'lh gasku gaski gask'si gaskadlha gask'mi kagask tagask gask'ra
Exclusive ga'ask ga'ask'lh ga'asku ga'aski ga'ask'si ga'askadlha ga'ask'mi kaga'ask taga'ask ga'ask'ra
2nd lhesk wesk'lh lhesku lheski lhesk'si lheskidlhi lhesk'mi kalhesk talhesk lhesk'ri
3d desk desk'lh desku deski desk'si deskidlhi desk'mi kadesk tadesk desk'ri

Possessive

Person & Number Affix Example: Variant 1 Example: Variant 2 Example: Variant 3
bewtuk (face) inu (food) meti (comb)
Singular 1st chi'- chibewtuk (my face) ch'inu (my food) ch'meti (my comb)
2nd lhi- lhibewtuk ( face) lhinu ( food) lh'meti ( comb)
3d ti'- tibewtuk ( face) t'inu ( food) t'meti ( comb)
Plural 1st Inclusive ski'- skibewtuk (my face) sk'inu (my food) sk'meti (my comb)
Exclusive aski'- askibewtuk (my face) ask'inu (my food) ask'meti (my comb)
2nd lh'ski'- lh'skibewtuk ( face) lh'sk'inu ( food) lh'sk'meti ( comb)
3d d'ski'- d'skibewtuk ( face) d'sk'inu ( food) d'sk'meti ( comb)

Nouns

Number

Number Affix Example: Variant 1 Example: Variant 2 Example: Variant 3
Singular dansi' (boat) thl'a (fish - sin) ch'wen (animal)
Plural -ask dansi'isk (boats) thl'ask (fish - plr) ch'wen'sk (animals)

Cases

Case Affix Examlple: Variant 1 Examlple: Variant 2 Examlple: Variant 3
Nominative ewak (canoe) maske (dog) salh (bow)
Genitive -alh ewakalh (of a canoe) maskelh (of a dog) salh'lh (of a bow)
Dative -u/w ewaku (to a canoe) maskew (to a dog) salhu (to a bow)
Accusative -i/y ewaki (canoe) maskey (dog) salhi (bow)
Instrumental -asa ewakasa (with a canoe) maskesi (with a dog) salh'si (with a bow)
Comparative[a] -adlha ewakadlha (as a canoe) maskedlhi (as a dog) salhdlhi (as a bow)
Locative -ama ewakama (at/in a canoe) maskemi (at/in a dog) salhmi (at/in a bow)
Allative ka'- ka'ewak (to/towards a canoe) kamaske (to/towards a dog) kasalh (to/towards a bow)
Ablative ta'- ta'ewak (from a canoe) tamaske (from a dog) tasalh (from a bow)
Benefactial -ara ewakara (for a canoe) maskeri (for a rain) salh'ri (for a bow)
Vocative -ee
-/oo
ewakee (canoe!) maskoo (dog!) salhee (bow!)
  1. When the Comparative case is used with the comparative affix, the meaning shifts to "than"

Comparison

  • Positive - Bassic form of the word: big - saw
  • Negative - Negation of the word: (yo-) "unbig" - yosaw
  • Comparitive - Form for comparison relative to something, used with the Comparative case: (-'alh) bigger - sawalh
  • Superlative - Form showing absolute relative to a group: (-'alhka) bigest - sawalhka

Articles

Type Word Аffix Example: Variant 1 Example: Variant 2 Example: Variant 3
indefinite selk (salmon) dlhe (rain) baalh (milk)
definite -a(ta) selki (the salmon) dlheti (the rain) baalhta (the milk)
Proximal-demonstrative ta (this) ta selk (this salmon) ta dlhe (this rain) ta baalh (this milk)
Distal-demonstrative uut (that) uut selk (that salmon) uut dlhe (that rain) uut baalh (that milk)
Partitive baw (some) baw selk (some salmon) baw dlhe (some rain) baw baalh (some milk)
Partitive-Collective doo (most) doo selk (most salmon) doo dlhe (most rain) doo baalh (most milk)
Non-Partitive yoklha (no*) yoklha selk (no salmon) yoklha dlhe (no rain) yoklha baalh (no milk)

Verbs

"be"

Person & Number past (was) present (be) future (will be)
Singular 1st
2nd
3d
Plural 1st Inclusive
Exclusive
2nd
3d

Lexicon

Affix Used to create... Example(s)
-akh agents from verbs/nouns tlh'e (fish) → tlh'ekh (fisherman)
-awts'a collective nouns dansi'siw (ship) → dansi'siwts'i (navy)
-atsa nouns from verbs sa'a (to grow) → sa'atsa (plant)
-al verbs from nouns k'aa (language) → k'aal (to speak)
-'aw adjectives from nouns/verbs twa (water) → twa'aw (watery)
- adjectives indicating the lack of something
-akya nouns from adjectives tlh'een (barren) → tlh'eenkyi (desert)
- adverbs from nouns/verbs
-acha diminutives of nouns
-saw augmentatives of nouns dansi' (boat) → dansi'siw (ship)
- locations (places related to the stem)
- inhabitants (of places)
-achan decendents (of people, or nouns/adjectives) shem (bear) → shemchin (of the bear)
-adwat decendents (child of) Damesdwit (child of Dames)
-k'aa languages/dialects