User:MIGUELbM/Muna v2.8

Muna
Pronunciation	[/muna/]
Created by	Miguel Bartelsman
Date	2015
Setting	Fantasy world
Language family	Conlang Fictional language Language isolate Muna

Phonology

Inventory

Consonants

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal	m	n nː
Stop	p pʰ	t tʰ	k kʰ
Fricative	f β	s sː ð	ɣ	h ɦ̩
Flap		ɾ r
Lateral		l lː

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Open	a aː	ɒ ɒː

Phonotactics

Block

A block is a unit of organization of sound optimized for building words

(C₁)V(C₂)

• C₁: Any consonant or one of /pɾ tɾ kɾ βɾ ðɾ ɣɾ/
• C₂: One of /n s ɾ l/
• V: Any vowel or |H|

Syllable

A block is a unit of organization of sound optimized for analyzing words

(C, C₁ɾ)(H)V(V)(H)(C₂), (C, C₁ɾ)H(C₂)

• C: Any consonant
• C₁: One of /p t k β ð ɣ/
• C₂: One of /n s ɾ l/
• H: |H|
• V: Any vowel

Consonant Clusters

	pɾ	tɾ	kɾ	βɾ	ðɾ	ɣɾ	m	p	t	k	f	h	β	ð	ɣ	n	s	ɾ	l
n	npɾ	ntɾ	nkɾ	nβɾ	nðɾ	nɣɾ	nm	np	nt	nk	nf	nh	nβ	nð	nɣ	nː	ns
s	spɾ	ntɾ	nkɾ	sβɾ	sðɾ	sɣɾ	sm	sp	st	sk	sf	sh	sβ	sð	sɣ	sn	sː		sl
ɾ	ɾpɾ	ɾtɾ	ɾkɾ	ɾβɾ	ɾðɾ	ɾɣɾ	ɾm	ɾp	ɾt	ɾk	ɾf	ɾh	ɾβ	ɾð	ɾɣ	ɾn	ɾs	r	ɾl
l	lpɾ	ltɾ	lkɾ	lβɾ	lðɾ	lɣɾ	lm	lp	lt	lk	lf	lh	lβ	lð	lɣ	ln	ls		lː

Diphthongs

	a	e	i	ɒ	o	u
a	aː	ae	ai
e	ea	eː	ei
i	ja	je	iː	jɒ	jo	ju
ɒ				ɒː	ɒo	ɒu
o				oɒ	oː	ou
u	wa	we	wi	wɒ	wo	uː

Allophony

• Voiced fricatives [β ð ɣ] become voiced stops [b d g] before [ɾ] or [ɦ̩]
• [ɦ̩], after stops [p t k b d g], are assimilated into aspiration [pʰ tʰ kʰ bʰ dʰ gʰ]
• [ɦ̩] become unvoiced [h̩] after unvoiced consonants
• [h] become voiced [ɦ] between vowels
• [n] assimilate in place of articulation to following consonants [m n ŋ ɴ]

Stress

• Penultimate syllable if the word ends in a vowel
• Last syllable is the word ends in a consonant

Ortography

Rune	Latin	IPA	Name
	m	/m/
	n	/n/
	p	/p/
	t	/t/
	k	/k/
	f	/f/
	b	/β/
	s	/s/
	d	/ð/
	g	/ɣ/
	h	/h/
	r	/ɾ/
	l	/l/
	a	/a/
	q	/ɒ/
	e	/e/
	o	/o/
	i	/i/
	u	/u/
	'	|H|

Morphology

Verbs

Tense/Aspect

1st Affix		2nd Affix		Tense / Aspect
None	∅	None	∅	Gnomic
Past	-ga	None	∅	Past perfective
		Past	-ga	Past retrospective, Distant past
		Present	-'r	Past continuous
		Future	-is	Past prospective
Present	-'r	None	∅	Present perfective
		Past	-ga	Present retrospective, Near past
		Present	-'r	Present continuous
		Future	-is	Present prospective, Near future
Future	-is	None	∅	Future perfective
		Past	-ga	Future retrospective
		Present	-'r	Future continuous
		Future	-is	Future prospective, Distant future

Mood

Type		Mood		Use
Realis		Indicative	-∅	Factual statement
Irrealis	Epistemic	Alethic	-to	States truth or logical necessity
		Potential	-ma	States probability of something happening
		Deductive	-he	States something supported by indirect evidence
		Interrogative	-saa	Questions the action, always last
	Deontic	Desiderative	-ti	States internal desire for something. Want to, desire, hope, would rather
		Expectative	-du	States external desire for something. Should, ought to, expected to, advised to
		Necessitative	-ka	States internal necessity for something. Need to
		Directive	-kq	States external necessity for something. Must, obligated to, had better
		Capacitative	-pra	States internal ability to do something. Able to
		Permissive	-pro	States external ability to do something. Allowed to

Nouns

Case

Case		Use
Nominative	-a -e -i	Marks the subject, agent of a verb
Absolutive	-q -o -u	Marks the object, patient of a verb. Base form
Dative	-ql -ol -ul	Marks the indirect object or theme of the verb
Genitive	-mi	Marks possession of or relation with something
Instrumental	-ta	Marks an instrument or tool used to carry out the action
Locative	-ko	Marks the location or time of the action
Comitative	-na	Mark accompaniment of something
Privative	-nan	Marks the lack of company by something
Alternative	-me	Marks an alternative or choice to something

Number

Number		Use
Singulative		Marks a single object of a mass noun
Plurative		Marks multiple instances of countable and mass nouns

Pronouns

Person	Number		Case
			NOM	ABS	DAT	GEN
First	Singular
	Plural	Exclusive
		Inclusive
Second	Singular
	Plural	Exclusive
		Inclusive
Third	Singular
	Plural

Determiners

Type	Demonstrative			Interrogative
	Proximal	Medial	Distal
Object
Quality Amount
Manner
Reason
Location
Time

Quantifiers

Type		Use
Universal		Every option
Existential		Large amount of
		V
		V
		V
		V
		Pair of
Negatory		No option
Elective		Any option
Alternative		A different option

Adpositions

Type			Use
Spatial	Location		Above, on the surface
			Below
			In front of
			Behind
			Near
			Between, amongst
			Inside
	Movement		Over, across the surface
			Under
			By, near
			Through
			To (direction)
			To (destination)
			From (origin)
			Into
			Out from
Temporal			Since
			Before
			During
			After
			Until
Composition			Of
Purpose			In order to
Cause			Because of
Reference			About

Numerals

Numerals are base 20 with sub-base 5

Single digit numbers

0	1	2	3	4
0	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9
5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14
A	B	C	D	E
15	16	17	18	19
F	G	H	J	K

Multiple digit numbers

x400	x20	x1	Total
	2	E	34
	40	14
	C	4	244
	240	4
5	J	7	2367
2000	360	7

Derivation

Affixation patterns

Verbs
Conversion			Pattern	Changes	Example
Root	→	Verb	Verbalization	-qn -on -un
Verb	→	Verb	Opposite
Verb	→	Verb	Causative
Verb	→	Verb	Complementary
Nouns
Root	→	Noun	Nominalization	-∅, -r, -l
Noun	→	Noun	Augmentative
Noun	→	Noun	Diminutive
Noun	→	Noun	Place of...
Adjectives
Root	→	Adjective	Adjectivalization	-s
Adjective	→	Adjective	Augmentative
Adjective	→	Adjective	Diminutive
Adjective	→	Adjective	Opposite
Adverbs
Root	→	Adverb	Adverbalization	-s'r, -s'l
Adverb	→	Adverb	Augmentative
Adverb	→	Adverb	Diminutive
Adverb	→	Adverb	Opposite

Compounding patterns

Pattern	Construction	Example
HEAD w/ quality of MODIFIER	HEAD + MODIFIER
HEAD originated from MODIFIER
HEAD made of MODIFIER
HEAD benefitting MODIFIER
Do HEAD to MODIFIER
Mix of HEAD and MODIFIER

Syntax

The following color coding will be used for the examples in order to facilitate understanding of the sentence structure

verbs - subject - object - ind. object - others

Word order

• Verb
  • Adverb

• Preposition
• Determiner

• Noun
  • Adjective
  • Quantifier
  • Numeral
  • Genitive

Default sentence structure

• Verb
• Subject
• Object
• Indirect object
• Oblique argument
  • Time
  • Manner
  • Place

Interrogative constructions

Choice questions

• drink-des-prs-fut-q 2s.nom coffee=alt tea=alt

Do you want to drink coffee or tea?

• drink-des-prs-fut 2s.nom tea-abs

I want tea

• tea-abs

Tea

Semi-polar questions

• eat-des-prs-fut-q 2s.nom steak-abs burger=alt

Do you want to eat steak? or do you want a burger?

Polar questions

• come-pst-q friend.nom 2s.gen friday.loc last

Did your friend came last Friday?

Non-polar questions

• be-q how_much that river-nom wide

How wide is that river?

Relative Constructions

Subject

• be [come-pst late guy-nom]-nom cousin.abs 1s.gen

The [he came late] guy is my cousin

Direct object

• give-pst 1s-nom rose-abs [see-pst kate-nom girl-abs]-dat

I gave the rose to the [Kate saw her] girl

Indirect object

• know john-nom [write-pst 1s-nom letter-abs woman-dat]-abs

John knows the [I wrote a letter to her] woman

Genitive

• tell-pst [die-pst father-nom boy-gen]-nom 1s-abs

The [his father died] boy told me something

Passive constructions

• eat Mary.nom pie.abs → eat pie.abs

Mary eats pie → Pie is eaten

Anti-passive constructions

• eat Mary.nom pie.abs → eat Mary.nom

Mary eats pie → Mary eats