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| rowspan="2" | {{IPA|i}} |
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|({{IPA|eː}})* |
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|({{IPA|oː}})* |
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| colspan="2" | {{IPA|a}} |
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| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|aː}} |
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==Grammar== |
==Grammar== |
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===Nouns=== |
===Nouns=== |
Revision as of 08:02, 2 October 2022
Mikaean | |
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Myka'saya | |
Myka'saya (Mikaean speech) written in Mikaean script | |
Pronunciation | [ˈmaɪkɑhˌseɪjɑ] |
Native to | The Mikaegeny |
Ethnicity | Mikaean |
Native speakers | ~14–20 million (date missing) |
Mikaeanid
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Early forms |
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Mikaean script (Mikaean alphabet) Mikaean Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | The Mikaegeny |
Regulated by | TBD |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 |
mk |
ISO 639-2 |
mkn |
ISO 639-3 |
mkn |
Mikaean (Myka'saya, Myka'saya) is a Mikaeanid language that first emerged in the TBD, and has since grown to become the lingua franca of the Mikaegeny.
Classification
History
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Geographical distribution
Official status
Dialects
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
Stop | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||
Affricate | dʒ | |||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | ʃ | h | |||||||
Approximant | l | j |
Vowels
Short | Long | |||
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Front | Back | Front | Back | |
Close | i | u | iː | uː |
Mid | (eː)* | (oː)* | ||
Open | a | aː |
Grammar
Nouns
Adjectives
Pronouns, case, and person
Singular pronouns (∅) | ||||||||
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Person | Sub./Obj. | Possessive | Reflexive | |||||
1st (I/Me) |
kimi | kimina | kimisu | |||||
2nd (You) |
nia | nina | niasu | |||||
3rd (Him/Her/It) |
ola | olana | olasu |
Plural pronouns (-aé) | ||||||||
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Person | Sub./Obj. | Possessive | Reflexive | |||||
1st (We/Us) |
vumaé | vumaéna | vumaésu | |||||
2nd (You) |
numaé | numaéna | numaésu | |||||
3rd (They/Them) |
lomaé | lomaéna | lomaésu |
Verb tenses | |||
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Tense | Mikaean | Components | English |
Neutral | bahin | bahin | happy/joyous |
Past | bahiniya | bahin- + -iya | was happy/joyous |
Present | bahinoma | bahin- + -oma | am/be happy/joyous |
Future | bahina | bahin- + -a | will be happy/joyous |