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'''''This is a tribute to [[Minhast]], by [[User:Anyar|Chris Borillo]]: a "Minhastid" of sorts.'''''
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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name          = Minhast
|name          = Crane Speaker Dialect
|nativename    = Minhast
|nativename    = [Yikket minKirmast]
|pronunciation = /'min.hɑst/
|pronunciation = /ji.ˈkːet ˈmin.giɾ.mɑst/ [iː.ˈkːet ˈmi.ŋːɪɾ.mäst]
|region        = [[wikipedia:North Pacific |North Asian Pacific ]]
|-
|states        = Minhay
|creator=[[User:Nicolasstraccia|Nicolás Straccia]] (based on original work by [[User:Anyar|Chris Borillo]])
|speakers      = 26,232,430
|setting=[{{sc|meta}}] ''Alt-Earth''
|date          = 2005
|-
|region        =
|states        = Miyako-jima, Ryu Kyu Islands
|speakers      = ca. 300
|date          = 1996
|familycolor  = panlaffic
|familycolor  = panlaffic
|fam1          = Language Isolate
|fam1          = Minhastid Languages
|nation        = Republic of Minhay
|nation        =  
|script        = [[wikipedia:Abugida|Abugida]], Latin
|script        = Uchinaaguchi kana, Latin
|iso3=n/a
}}
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{{Featured
== Introduction ==
|featured banner=Sapim kirim išpidustittuytammēru.   Wahēk, kirim wahepraħmahan, kantašmahan, markakramaku, wahēk ezzakennemaru wammīn. }}
 
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The Crane Speaker Dialect (CSD) is part of a "lost" branch of the Upper Minhast group of the ''Historical Regional Dialects'' of [[Minhast]].
 
It is spoken in a secluded cluster of settlements in an island just out of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyako-jima Miyako-jima] in the Miyako Islands (part of the Ryu Kyu Archipelago, in Japan) by 350 people, about 37% of which are monolingual CSD speakers, 60% are CSD-Uchinaaguchi bilinguals and 3% speak CSD, Uchinaaguchi and also Japanese (1996 census data). Originally fishermen and workers who had left Minhay for Japan, they ended up fleeing for the Ryu Kyus to avoind getting involved in the happenings of WWII.
 
Typologically, as is the case with Minhast, the CSD is ergative and polysynthetic, with ergativity surfacing both at the morphologic and syntactic levels and a highly agglutinative verbal morphology, performing noun incorporation and other complex valence operations.
 
The unmarked word order is SOV. Even though some deviation from this word order is allowed for discourse purposes (e.g. an argument that is to be focused is fronted to the head of the clause or in compound and complex sentences), the verb rarely deviates from its clause-final position and the order of the other arguments of the clause (core, oblique, and sentential complements) is not as flexible as in Minhast proper.
 
== Dialectology ==
 
Minhast is divided into two major dialects: ''Upper Minhast'' and ''Lower Minhast''. The two dialects groups differ chiefly in phonetics and the lexicon (for instance, ''Lower Minhast'' contains loanwords from neighbouring languages -e.g. ''Golahat''- which ''Upper Minhast'' doesn't). Otherwise, the two dialects are mutually intelligible.
 
The Crane Speaker Dialect has traditionally been considered an integral part of the ''Upper Minhast'' group, given the history of its split from the mainland dialects through emigration from the ''Upper Minhast'' speaking prefectures to Japan around the year 1900. Nevertheless, modern comparative study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split from the established subgroups of ''Regional Historical Dialects'' in the mainland must have happened before the speakers left Minhay and a longer time ago than previously thought. This earlier split would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree, perhaps as part of a lost third branch parallel to the ''Upper versus Lower Minhast'' split. The main point made by two of these contending classifications situate the CSD as follows:


== Introduction ==
{{clade
|label1=''Minhastic Languages''
|1={{clade
|label1=''Regional Historical Dialects''
|1={{clade
|label1=''Upper Minhast''
|1={{clade
|label1=Mainland Dialects
|1={{clade
|label1=
|1=Salmon Speakers ("Gaššarat", Northeastern Coast)
|label2=
|2=Dog Speakers ("Hisašarum", Northeastern Plains)
|label3=
|3=Horse Speakers ("Gannasia", Central Plateau)
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|label2=
|2='''''Crane Speaker Dialect''''' (Ryu Kyu) <sup>1</sup>
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|label3=Lower Minhast
|3={{clade
|label1=
|1=Gull Speakers (Senzil and Rēgum Prefectures)
|label2=
|2=Osprey Speakers (Kings' Bay)
|label3=
|3=Stone Speakers (Neskud and Yaxparim prefectures)
}}
|label4=
|4='''''Crane Speaker Dialect''''' (Ryu Kyu) <sup>2</sup>
}}
|label2=NCR Modern Dialects
|2={{clade
|label1=
|1=Modern Standard Minhast [variant of Upper Minhast]
|label2=
|2=Modern Colloquial Minhast ("City Speaker Dialect") [admixture of Upper and Lower Minhast]
}}
}}
}}
<small><sup>1</sup> after ''Hisakawa, Horn-Schwabbach & Harrison'', (1957).


This is a tribute to [[Minhast]], by [[User:Anyar|Chris Borillo]]: a Minhastid of sorts.
<sup>2</sup> after ''Harrison, Yoshida & Dallas'', (1996).</small>


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Minhast '' (Minhast min kirim'', lit. ''"Minhast-speak")'' is the spoken language of the Republic of Minhay, with a robust speech community of nearly 26 million people, approximately one million of them living in expatriate communities, with the largest concentrations residing in the U.S., Xayda, Mexico, the Middle East, Kailukuanpūr, and Canada. Significant numbers also exist in Southeast Asia and Norhern Europe. It is divided into two major dialects, Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast, each of which is divided into several smaller subdialects, such as the Salmon Speaker variant of the Upper Minhast dialect, and the Osprey Speaker variant of the Lower Minhast dialect.


Located just 1,232 km from northeast Japan, this Northeast Asian language has no known relatives and bears few if any similarities with Japanese and its two other nearest neighbors, the Kingdom of Kogureo (Korea) and the Ainu Democratic Federation (Ainushir). Two other languages in the island nation, Peshpeg and Golahat, both of which are moribund, are also unrelated; any similarities existing between the two languages and Minhast are due to areal features, with Minhast as the dominant influence. Linguists have investigated possible relationships with the Altaic, Paleosiberian, and Native North American languages, but so far have failed to find any conclusive evidence. Therefore, Minhast remains classified as a language isolate.


Typologically, Minhast is an ergative, polysynthetic language. Verbal morphology is highly aggluginative and performs noun incorporation and other complex valence operations. Unmarked word order is SOV. Ergativity surfaces both at the morphologic and syntactic levels. Both its ergative and polysynthetic characteristics have generated much academic research in comparative and theoretical linguistics.
This new work in Minhast historical linguistics, lead by Dr. Michael P. Harrison (an old pupil of the Minhast scholar Prof. Dr. Yoshi Hisakawa), and the subsequent revision of the internal splits into the different dialect groups gave place to the term ''"Minhastic Languages"'' as a way to address the whole group, owing to 1) the noticeable differences between the fringe dialects of the already established ''dialect continua'' and 2) the greater differences present in those dialects which had drifted apart from the rest earlier on, the paramount case of the latter being the CSD itself.


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This lead to a revision of the original ''Kilmarian Hypothesis'' posed by Hisakawa (Hisakawa et.al., 1957) which upheld the belief that, ''"when considered on their own"'' (i.e., only from a linguistic perspective), ''"the Regional Historical Dialects of mainland Minhay constitute a small language family, more heterogeneous than originally thought and related to other small languages"'' (the so called ''Shakhtabari Group'' of the ''Kilmay-Ri'' Family), with Minhast proper being but a central and incidentally more well known branch to it.


Word order is SOV. In simple sentence, this word order is free, although the verb rarely deviates from its clause-final position. Deviation from the unmarked SOV word order is used for discourse purposes; an argument that is to be focused is fronted to the head of the clause. For compound and complex sentences, the verb is obligatorily fixed in clause-final position, but the other arguments of the clause, core, oblique, and sentential complements, still display free word order.
A different school of thought, more conservative and reluctant to Hisakawa's theories, adopts a more loose criterion, grouping the Crane Speakers Dialect together with other "lost dialects", such as that of the ''Knife Speakers' '' and the extinct ''Šarmakandast'', in a miscellaneous group, without committing to any definitive classification.
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== Dialectology ==
A.Kilmay-Ri
Minhast is divided into two major dialects. Upper Minhast, which is centered in the highlands of Kilmay Rī, Ešked (Ekšed), and Attum Attar; the northeastern coastal prefectures of Iskamharat and Perim-Sin; and the National Capital Region, consisting of Āš-min-Gāl, Ankussūr, Huruk, Nammadīn, and Kered. Lower Minhast is spoken mainly in the southeastern coastal prefectures of Neskud, Yaxparim, Senzil, and Rēgum. The two dialects differ chiefly in phonetics and the lexicon, with Lower Minhast containing loanwords from neighboring languages (e.g. Golahat). Otherwise, the two dialects are mutually intelligible.
A.i.Northeastern Kilmarian
A.i.a.Shakhtabari
A.i.a.0.Minhast


Additionally, the two dialects are divided into several smaller dialects. The major subdialects of Upper Minhast include the Salmon Speakers of the "Gaššarat" (Northeastern Coast), the Dog Speakers of the "Hisašarum" (The Northeastern Plains), the Horse Speakers of the "Gannasia" (The Central Plateau), and the Knife Speakers (Lesser Plateau Prefecture). Lower Minhast consists of the Gull Speakers (Senzil and Rēgum Prefectures), the Osprey Speakers (Kings' Bay), and the Stone Speakers of the southernmost prefectures (Neskud and Yaxparim).
0.Minhast
0.1.Regional Historical Dialects
0.1.1.Upper Minhast
0.1.1.1.Salmon Speakers ("Gaššarat", Northeastern Coast)
0.1.1.2.Dog Speakers ("Hisašarum", Northeastern Plains)
0.1.1.3.Horse Speakers ("Gannasia", Central Plateau)
0.1.1.4.Knife Speakers (Lesser Plateau Prefecture)
0.1.2.Lower Minhast
0.1.2.1.Gull Speakers (Senzil and Rēgum Prefectures)
0.1.2.2.Osprey Speakers (Kings' Bay)
0.1.2.3.Stone Speakers (Neskud and Yaxparim prefectures)
0.1.3[?].Šarmakandast
0.2.NCR Modern Dialects
0.2.1.Modern Standard Minhast [variant of Upper Minhast; government, commerce, and media]
0.2.2.Modern Colloquial Minhast ("City Speaker Dialect") [admixture of several subdialects from both Upper and Lower Minhast]


Two new dialects have arisen in the National Capital Region (NCR).  One is Modern Standard Minhast, a variant of Upper Minhast that serves as the standard dialect used for government, commerce, and media. The second dialect, known as Modern Colloquial Minhast (aka the City Speaker dialect), is an admixture of several subdialects from both Upper and Lower Minhast. Spoken mostly by people in their 30's and earlier, it contains more loanwords from foreign languages than the standard language, especially in areas of technology and the Internet, and from foreign films and media. This new dialect is replete with slang and nonstandard jargon that is often looked down upon by older generations.
Some canon about the relationship between Ryu-Kyu and Minhay:
 
Q: What's the situation of Minhay and the Ryu-Kyu Islands around 1900? I'm interested in that.
This grammatical sketch is a description primarily of Modern Standard Minhast.  Examples from other Minhast dialects, or from Old or Classical Minhast will be noted as appropriate.
A: I haven't gotten to that point yet :p
I know that the naval blockade that the Kingdom of Koguryeo imposed on Yamato is going to affect, and perhaps prevent trade with Minhay during the 1900's, up until 2015 when Koguryeo finally annexed all of Kyushu and southern Honshu, and the Ainu taking over the rest of Honshu. Most likely Ryukyu will withdraw into isolation to avoid getting in the cross-fire between Yamato and Koguryeo.
Q: Oh, interesting! But up until right before this turn of events they had contact, or?
A: TBH Ryukyu wasn't on my radar, but that was because I hadn't made certain important developments with the Gull Speakers. But now that I'm starting to work on that, trade with the Minhast has to be done through the Gull Speakers only. The Salmon and Osprey Speakers are basically out of range, and the Stone Speakers and Horse Speakers can't float a boat (they're landlocked anyway). I'm kinda leaning towards the Gull Speakers being competitors as opposed to trading partners with Ryukyu, simply because they target the same markets and share the same trading partners. So there is contact, but whether it is competitive or cooperative (I don't intend for it to be military though - I want military conflict to be between the Stone Speakers and Gull Speakers), I haven't yet decided.
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== Phonology and Orthography ==
== Phonology and Orthography ==
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=== Phonemic Inventory ===
=== Phonemic Inventory ===


The following chart contains the consonants in the Minhast phonology. The Minhast Latinized alphabet is derived from the Americanist system and is used throughout this article.  Where Americanist and IPA symbols diverge, the IPA version is indicated by the IPA syllable surrounded by two forward slashes.
The following chart contains the consonants in the Crane Speaker dialect phonology. A variation on the Minhast Latinized alphabet is used throughout this article (see ''Orthography'' below).


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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|+ '''Minhast Consonantal Inventory'''
|+ '''Crane Speaker Dialect Consonantal Inventory'''
|-  
|-  
!  || Bilabial  ||  Alveolar || Palatal || Velar || Uvular || Glottal || Laryngeal || Pharyngeal
!  || Bilabial  ||  Alveolar || Palatal || Velar || Uvular || Glottal || Laryngeal
|-
|-
! Nasal  
! Nasal  
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|  ŋ
|  ŋ
|  
|  
|
|
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| k g
| k g
|
|
| ʔ
|  
|  
|
|
|-
|-
! Fricative  
! Fricative  
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|  s z
|  s z
| ʃ ʒ
| ʃ ʒ
|
|  
| χ
| χ
|ʔ
|  
|h  
|h  
|ħ
|-
|-
! Affricates  
! Affricates  
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|
| t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
| t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
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|
| j
| j
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|-
|-
! Trill
! Lateral flap
|  
|  
| r
| ɺ
|   
|   
|  
|  
|
|
|  
|  
|
|
|-
! Lateral Approximant
|
| l
|
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|
|  
|  
|}
|}
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</div>
</div>


=== Minhast Vowel Inventory ===


{{Minhast_Vowels_IPA}}
{| class="IPA" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:center; background:none;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
|style="padding-bottom:3px;"| &nbsp;
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Front'''
| style="width: 60px; word-spacing: -.3em;" | '''Near- front'''
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Central'''
| style="width: 60px;word-spacing: -.3em;" | '''Near- back'''
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Back'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Close'''
| style="height: 210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position: relative;">[[File:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px|link=]]<div style="background:none; position:absolute; top:0; left:0;">
{| style="position:relative; width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:none;"
|-
| style="width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:none; font-size:120%;"|
 
<!-- CLOSE VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 5%; width: 2.3em; top: 2%; background: white;">i</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 43%; width: 3.1em; top: 2%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 85%; width: 2.3em; top: 2%; background: white;">u</div>
 
<!-- NEAR-CLOSE VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 28%; width: 2.33em; top: 17%; background: white;">ɪ</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 44%; width: 4em; top: 17%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 74%; width: 1.5em; top: 17%; background: white;"></div>
 
<!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 16%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;">e</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 50%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 84%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;"></div>
 
<!-- MID VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 24%; width: 2.7em; top: 44%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 57%; width: 1em; top: 44%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 83%; width: 2.7em; top: 44%; background: white;"></div>


<br/>
<!-- OPEN-MID VOWELS -->
<br/>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 30%; width: 3em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 57%; width: 2.7em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 83%; width: 2.7em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>


Vowel length in Minhast is distinctive. Devoiced vowels occur as allophones frequently, based on regular phonotactic rules:
<!-- NEAR-OPEN VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 37%; width: 1.3em; top: 73%;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 64%; width: 1em; top: 73%; background: white;"></div>


{|  class="bluetable lightbluebg"
<!-- OPEN VOWELS -->
|-  
<div style="position: absolute; left: 44%; width: 3em; top: 86%; background: white;"></div>
!  Short  
<div style="position: absolute; left: 68%; width: 1em; top: 86%; background: white;"></div>
!  Long  
<div style="position: absolute; left: 85%; width: 2em; top: 86%; background: white;">ɑ</div>
!  Devoiced  
|}
</div></div>
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;'''Near-close'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Close-mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Open-mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Near-open'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Open'''
|}
<div style="font-size: smaller; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0.33em"></div>
 
<br/>
<br/>
 
Vowel length is distinctive.  Devoiced vowels occur as allophones frequently, based on regular phonotactic rules:
 
{|  class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-  
!  Short  
!  Long  
!  Devoiced  
|-  
|-  
!  a  
!  a  
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=== Syllabic Structure and Phonemic Interactions ===
=== Syllabic Structure and Phonemic Interactions ===


Minhast words are subject to complex morphophonemic changes resulting from interactions with other morphemes occurring in the word. The verb is particularly complex in the various sound changes that may occur as a result of noun incorporation as well as the aggluginative processes involved in conjugation or other inflectional processes. These phonemic changes can be broken down according to the following classifications:
As it is the case in Minhast, words are subject to complex morphophonemic changes resulting from interactions with other morphemes occurring in the word. The verb is particularly complex in the various sound changes that may occur as a result of noun incorporation as well as the agglutinative processes involved in conjugation and other inflectional processes. These phonemic changes happening are assimilation, metathesis, syncope, epenthesis, voicing/devoicing and aspiration.
 
<ul>
<li>Assimilation</li>
<li>Metathesis</li>
<li>Syncope</li>
<li>Epenthesis</li>
<li>Voicing/Devoicing</li>
<li>Aspiration</li>
</ul>


These complex morphophonemic interactions operate according to the general phonological principals outlined below:  
These complex morphophonemic interactions operate according to the general phonological principals outlined below:  
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<li>The tendency to form intermedial consonant clusters creates complex assimilation interactions that nevertheless are predictable and almost always regular. These interactions are illustrated in Table X below:
<li>The tendency to form intermedial consonant clusters creates complex assimilation interactions that nevertheless are predictable and almost always regular. These interactions are illustrated in Table X below:


{{Minhast_Phonotactics_Template}}
===Crane Speaker Dialect Phonotactics Table ===


</li>
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible collapsed"
 
! rowspan=2 | Initial Consonant
<li>Vowels are classified according to a "weak-strong" gradient, where the "strong" vowels are more resistant to syncope than neighboring "weak(er)" vowels. All long vowels are by definition "strong", so the weak-strong gradient really applies to short vowels:
! colspan=18| Final Consonant
 
|-  
Table X: Vowel Gradients In Order of Increasing Strength
! f
 
! p
</li>
! b
 
! k
 
! x
<li>The shape of a -CVCVC- syllable may contract either to a -CCVC- or -CVCC- pattern, depending on the strength gradients of the vowels with respect to one another. The -CaCaC- syllable pattern is the only one that does not contract. Syllables consisting of the same vowels may appear in either -CCVC- or -CVCC- patterns; the pattern they resolve to is influenced by interactions from surrounding syllables. These contractions are summarized in the following table:
! g
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg mw-collapsible mw-collapsible"
! t
! Initial Pattern
! d
! Final Contraction
! s
! ś
! z
! l
! r
! m
! n
! h
! w
! y
|-  
! f
|ff | /ff/
|pp | /p͡f/
|pp | /ff/
|fk | /fk/
|fx | /fχ/
|fk | /fk/
|ft | /ft/
|ft | /ft/
|fs | /fs/
|ff | /fʃ/ [pʃ]
|fs | /fs/
|fl | /fl/
|fr | /fr/
|fm | /fm/
|fn | /fn/
|ff | /ph/ [pχ]
|fw | /fw/
|fy | /fj/
|-  
|-  
!   -CaCaC-
! p
|   (no change)
|pp | pfV, ppC
|pp | /pp/
|pp | /pb/ [pf]
|pk | /pk/
|fx | /pχ/
|pk | /pk/
|pt | /pt/
|pt | /pt/
|ps | /ps/
|ħp | /pʃ/ [pʼʃ]
|ps | /ps/
|pl | /pl/
|pr | /pr/
|pm | /pm/
|pn | /pn/
|ħp | /ph/ [pf]
|pw | /pw/
|py | /pj/ [pç]
|-  
|-  
!   -CaCuC-
! b
-CaCeC-<br/>
|pp | /p͡f/
-CaCiC-<br/>
|pp | /pp/
|   -CaCC-
|bb | /bb/
|pk | /pk/
|xp | /bχ/ [pχ]
|mg | /mg/
|pt | /bt/
|mb | /bt/ [bɖ]
|ps | /ps/
|ħp | /bʃ/ [pʼʃ]
|ps | /ps/
|bl | /bl/
|br | /br/
|mb | /bb/
|mb | /bn/ [bɖ]
|ħp | /ph/ [pχ]
|bw | /bw/
|by | /bj/ [pj]
|-  
|-  
!   -CuCaC-
! k
-CeCaC-<br/>
|kf | /kf/
-CiCaC-<br/>
|kp | /kp/
| -CCaC-
|kp | /kw/
|kk | /kk/
|kx | /kχ/
|kk | /kg/ [gː]
|kt | /kt/
|kt | /kt/
|ks | /ks/
|ħk | /kʃ/ [kʼʃ]
|ks | /ks/
|kl | /kl/
|kr | /kr/
|km | /km/
|kn | /kn/
|ħk | /kh/ [kχ]
|kw | /kw/
|ky | /kj/ [c͡ç]
|-  
|-  
!   -CuCuC-
! x
-CuCeC-<br/>
|xf | /χf/
-CuCiC-<br/>
|xp | /χp/
|   -CuCC-
|xp | /χp/
|kk | /χk/ [χː]
|xx | /χː/
|gg | /χk/ [χː]
|xt | /χt/
|xt | /χt/
|ss | /χs/
|šš | /χʃ/
|ss | /χs/
|xl | /χl/
|xr | /χr/ [ʁː]
|xm | /χm/
|xn | /χn/
|xx | /χh/ [χː]
|xw | /χw/
|xy | /χj/ [xj]
|-  
|-  
!   -CuCuC-
! g
CeCuC- <br/>
|kf | /kf/
-CiCuC-<br/>
|kp | /kp/
|   -CCuC-
|gb | /gb/
|kk | /gk/ [ŋk]
|kk | /gχ/ [χː]
|gg | /gg/
|kt | /gt/
|gd | /gd/
|ks | /gs/ [k͡s]
|ħk | /gʃ/ [kʃ]
|zg | /gs/ [k͡s]
|lg | /gl/
|gr | /gr/
|gm | /gm/
|gn | /gn/
|ħk | /gh/ [q͡χ]
|gw | /gw/
|gy | /gj/ [c͡ʝ]
|-  
|-  
!   -CeCeC-
! t
-CeCiC-<br/>
|ft | /tf/
|   -CeCC-
|pt | /tp/
|pt | /tp/
|kt | /tk/
|xt | /tx/
|kt | /tk/
|tt | /tt/
|tt | /tt/ [ɖː]
|st | /ts/
|št | /tʃ/ [ʧː]
|st | /ts/
|tt | /tl/
|rt | /tɾ/ [t͡ɻ]~[ʈ͡ʐ]
|mt | /tm/ [tʼm]
|nt | /tn/ [tʼn]
|ħt | /th/ [tχ]
|wt | /tw/
|šš | /tj/ [ɖ͡ɟ]
|-  
|-  
!   -CeCeC-
! d
-CiCeC-
|ft | /tf/ [ɖf]
|   -CCeC-
|pt | /tp/
|bb | /bb/
|kt | /dk/
|xt | /dχ/ [tχ]
|gd | /dg/ [ʈg]
|tt | /tt/ [ʈː]
|dd | /dd/
|st | /ts/
|ħt | /tʃ/ [ʧː]
|zd | /ts/
|ld | /dl/
|rd | /dr/
|mb | /dm/ [ʈm]
|nd | /dn/ [ʈn]
|ħt | /dh/ [ʤ]
|dw | /dw/ [ʈw]
|dy | /dj/ [d͡ɟ]
|-  
|-  
!   -CiCiC-
! s
|   -CCiC-
|sp | /sf/
-CiCC-
|sp | /sp/
|}
|sp | /sb/ [sp]
 
|sk | /sk/
</li>
|xs | /sχ/ [ʃ]
 
|sk | /sk/
<li>A verb root or an incorporated noun tends to lose one or more vowels to form at least one biconsonant cluster. The vowel that is lost depends on its strength gradient in relation to the noun of the neighboring syllable.</li>
|st | /st/
|st | /st/
|ss | /ss/
|šš | /ʃ/ [ʃː]
|ss | /ss/
|sl | /sl/
|ss | /sr/
|sm | /sm/
|sn | /sn/
|ħs | /sh/ [ɬ]
|sw | /sw/
|šš | /sj/ [ʂʝ]
|-  
! ś
|šf | /ʃf/
|šp | /ʃp/
|šp | /ʃp/
|šk | /ʃk/
|šš | /ʃː/
|šk | /ʃk/
|št | /ʃt/
|št | /ʃt/
|ss | /ʃː/
|šš | /ʃː/
|ss | /ʃː/
|šl | /ʃl/
|šš | /ʃr/ [t͡ɻ]~[ʈ͡ʐ]
|šm | /ʃm/
|šn | /ʃn/
|ħš | /ʃː/
|šw | /ʃw/
|šš | /ʃj/ [ʂ͡ɟ]
|-  
! z
|sp | /sf/
|sp | /sp/
|zb | /zb/
|sk | /sk/
|ss | /sχ/ [ʐː]
|zg | /zg/
|st | /st/
|zd | /zd/
|ss | /ss/
|šš | /zʃ/ [ʤː]
|zz | /zz/
|zl | /zl/
|zz | /zr/ [ʈ͡ʐ]
|zm | /zm/
|zn | /zn/
|ħs | /zh/ [ʈ͡ʐ]
|zw | /ʦw/
|zy | /ʦj/
|-  
! l*
|lf | /lf/
|pp | /lp/
|lb | /lb/
|kk | lkV, kkC
|xl | /lχ/ [ɮ]
|lg | /lg/
|tt | /lt/ [lɖ]
|ld | /ld/ [ɖɖ]
|ls | /ls/
|šl | /lʃ/ [ɬɬ]
|zl | /lz/ [t͡ɮ]
|ll | /ll/
|rr | /lr/ [r]
|lm,mm | /lm/
|nn | /ln/ [lɳ]
|ħl | /lh/ [ɮː]
|lw | /lw/
|yy | /ly/ [ʎː]
|-  
! r*
|rf | /fr/
|rp | /pr/
|rb | /fr/
|rk | /kr/
|rx | /χr~xɾ/
|rg | /gr/
|rt | /tr/
|rd, dd | /dr/
|rs, ss | /sr/ [ɖɾ]
|rš, šš | /ʃɾ/ [ʧː]
|zz | /sr/ [ɖɾ]
|ll | /ɽː/
|rn, nn | /r/
|rm, mm | /rm/
|nn | /rn/
|rħ, ħr | /rh/ [ʒː]
|rw | /rw/
|ry | /rj/ [ɖ͡ɟ]
|-
! m
|mf | /p͡f/
|mp | /mp/
|mb | /mm/
|nk | /mk/
|xn | /mχ/
|mg | /mk/
|mt | /mt/
|md | /md/ [mɖ]
|ns | /ms/
|šm | /mʃ/
|nz | /ms/
|ml | /ml/
|mr | /mr/
|mm | /mm/
|nn | /mn/
|mh | /mh/ [nχ]
|ww | /mw/
|my | /mj/
|-  
! n
|mf | /nf/
|mp | /mp/
|mb | /mm/
|nk | /ng/ [ŋ(ː)]
|xn | /nχ/
|mg, ng | /nk/ [ŋk]
|nt | /nt/
|nd | /nd/ [nɖ]
|ns, sn, ss | /ns/
|nš, šn, šš | /nʃ/ [ʤː]
|nz | /ns/
|ll | /nl/ [ɖː]
|rr | /r/
|mm | /nm/
|nn | /nn/
|nħ | /nh/
|nw | /nw/
|ny, yy | /nj/ [ɲ(ː)]
|-  
! h
|ff | /p͡f/
|ħp | /χp/
|ħp | /χp/
|ħk | /χk/
|xx | /χː/
|ħk | /χk/
|ħt | /χt/
|ħt | /χt/
|ħs | /sχ/
|ħš | /χʃ/ [ʃː]
|ħs | /χs/
|ħl | /χl/
|ħr | /χr/
|ħm | /χm/
|ħn | /χn/
|ħħ | /χh/ [χː]
|ħw | /χw/
|ħy | /χj/ [c͡ç]
|}


<li>With the exception of pattern -CaCa-, when two adjoining syllables have vowels within the same gradient, vocalic syncope resolves to CVCC. </li>
<small>* ''The phoneme'' /ɺ/ ''has two environmentally conditioned realizations: one more lateral, labeled'' [l]'', and one more rhotic, labeled'' [r]''. A more generally backed environment (mainly the vicinity of back vowels) triggers the lateral realization, while otherwise the realization is mostly rhotic. This table shows the interactions of the resulting realizations with other phonemes, and are treated as if they were themselves phonemes for presentational purposes.'' </small>
 
<li>The pattern (C)VVCC always resolves to (C)VCC</li>
 
<li>Compared to nominal and verbal roots, inflectional morphemes (e.g. theme, aspect, tense, person, etc) are resistant to syncope because this may lead to the inflectional morpheme to be changed beyond recognition. For example,-šp-irak- he informed (him) (lit. "he caused him to know") does not resolve to -šip-rak-, even though this would prevent the impermissible CCV pattern from occurring. Instead, an epenthetic vowel is added before the causative affix to prevent this impermissible consonant cluster from occurring. </li>
 
<li>Although inflectional morphemes do not experience syncope, they still may experience phonological changes in the form of metathesis and devoicing.</li>
 
<li>Vowel devoicing occurs in C'VħC, C'VxC', C'VsC', or C'VC' syllables, where C' is any of the unvoiced consonants listed in Table X. </li>
 
<li>The initial consonant in syllables with devoiced vowels are strongly aspirated.</li>
 
<li> Liquids and nasals devoice in the word-final syllabic patterns CVC'l, CVC'r, CVC'm, and CVC'n, where C'  is any of the unvoiced consonants listed in Table X. </li>
 
<li>Two consecutive syllables with the pattern CVħCVħ resolves to CVCCVħ, due to the difficulty of pronouncing the allophone in two consecutive closed syllables. Additionally, the vowel in the previous syllable may be devoiced if its adjacent consonants are voiceless, as in Example A, where the verb root vowel -a- which occurs the voiceless consonants -k- and -h- devoices to -ạ-. Note also the epenthetic vowel -i- appearing between the verb root and the 1st person incl. pl. affix ,-ħk- e.g.:
nattiħkemkaraban >> *naħtiħkemaraban >> *naħt-hkem-ar-ab-an "We were (being) annoying" (lit.: annoying-we.and.you-[past]-[ imperf.]-[intrans])
nekạħtikemaraban >> *nekạħtịħkemaraban >> *nekạħt-ħkem-ar-ab-an "I was avoiding..."
</li>
 
<li>Dissimilation occurs in CVC-patterns involving š-Vš, resolving to s-Vš. A prime example is the number "twenty", e.g.*šan-šentāz >> *san-šentāz > > saššentāz</li>
 
<li>Dissimilation occurs in CVC-patterns involving mVm, resolving to nVm.</li>
 
</ol>


=== Orthography ===
=== Orthography ===


Minhast uses two writing systems. One of them is a variant of the Latin script, called "Ammerkast".  This variant is an adaptation of the Americanist phonetic notation, with the exception of the grapheme <ħ>, which was adopted from IPA. Note the glottal stop <'> is usually not written unless there is a hiatus between two vowels.
The Crane Speaker Dialect uses two writing systems. One of them is a variant of the "Ammerkast" Latin script for Minhast, itself a an adaptation of the Americanist phonetic notation (with the exception of the grapheme <ħ>, which was adopted from IPA). Note the glottal stop <'> is usually not written unless there is a hiatus between two vowels.


{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-  
|-  
!  | Ammerkast Characters
!  | "Ammerkast" variant
|-  
|-  
|  a, ā, e, ē, i, ī, u, ū, ('), b,p,f, d, t, g, k,x n, m, l,r, z, s, š,h, &#295;, w,y   
|  a, á, e, é, i, í, u, ú, ('), b, p, f, d, t, g, k, x, n, m, l, r, z, s, ś, h, ħ, w, y   
|-  
|-  
|}
|}


Another system is an indigenous script adapted from the Tagalog and Ilocano versions of the Baybayin script, a native Philippine abugida:


'''The Baybayin'''
Another system is an indigenous script, adapted from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_scripts Uchinaaguchi kana system].
<gallery>
File:Baybayin_alpha.jpg|
</gallery>
 
The Minhast script is called ''Širkattarnaft'', which literally means "that which is scratched across a surface".
 
'''The Širkattarnaft'''
<gallery>
File:Minhast_Script.jpg|
</gallery>
 
Although the Širkattarnaft is based on the Baybayin, several differences can be found between the two.  Several Minhast innovations arose, partly from the influence of the materials used for writing, and the addition of characters from the older Minhast ideographic-logographic script.  Comparisons and contrasts are enumerated as follows:
 
The relationship between the glottal stop in the Baybayin and that of the Širkattarnaft is recognizable.  The Širkattarnaft glyph for <d> is actually an inverted form of the Baybayin glyph for <t>.  Similarly, the Širkattarnaft glyph for <z> is descended from the Baybayin glyph &lt;s&gt;.  Other discernable similarities can be found with the glyphs <l> and <m>.  Some phonemes not found in the Tagalog or Ilocano languages were innovated, but these innovations came from a method of deriving additional glyphs from a base glyph from which certain classes of phonemes could be derived.
 
The Širkattarnaft was modified from the original Baybayin to map a base glyph and its variants to certain related phonemes (e.g. the base glyph &lt;b&gt; and its variants to the labial consonants).  For example, the glyphs for the labials &lt;b&gt;, &lt;p&gt;, and <f> are based on the glyph &lt;b&gt;.  Additions of dashes to the base glyph distinguish voiced, unvoiced, and fricatives.  This explains why there is less variability in the Širkattarnaft script.  The glyphs for the dentals /d/ and /t/ in the Baybayin are represented by two separate glyphs that have no resemblance to each other; in contrast the glyphs in the Širkattarnaft for these same phonemes differ from each other only by the addition of a dash to the base glyph <d> to derive the glyph <t> .  As can be seen from the chart, the voiced consonant is assigned the base glyph, and dashes are added to this base glyph for unvoiced and fricatives for a given phonemic class (labials, dentals, aleveolars, etc). The Širkattarnaft is thus more economical.
 
Each glyph of the Širkattarnaft has a default underlying vowel /a/; all other vowels must be marked explicitly attached to the vowel signs (indicated in the lower right-hand corner; the box is simply a representation of where the base glyph would be located). Long vowels are represented by a vertical dash through the diamonds representing the short vowels &lt;u&gt; and &lt;e&gt;, and a horizontal one between the diamonds of the vowel &lt;i&gt;.
 
The Širkattarnaft, unlike the Baybayin, is written vertically, from right to left.
 
One striking difference between the two writing systems is the angularity of the Širkattarnaft vs. the Baybayin.  The Širkattarnaft consists of straight lines and is very angular, whereas the Baybayin is wavy.  This is because the Širkattarnaft was originally carved into wooden planks, as is still done today among the Salmon Speakers; writing on a hard writing surface is easier with straight lines than curvy shapes. 
 
Another difference, as mentioned earlier, is the addition of glyphs from the older native script.  This script was largely ideographic, but a few glyphs were determinatives used to indicate case or even verbal tense.  Glyphs for common words, such as conjunctions, connectives, existential particles, and negators were added to the Širkattarnaft.  Some of these glyphs are combinations of two glyphs, as in the glyph for ''hambin'' ("there is no X"), which is a combination of the negator ''hatāʔ'' and ''matti'' ("there is an X").  The characters for the case clitics ''=(a)ran'' (Dative), ''=ni'' (Benefactive), ''=yar'' (Ablative), ''=par'' (Instrumental), etc. can actually appear before a verb written in the Širkattarnaft, in which case these characters represent the Applicative affixes ''-dut-'', ''-rak-'', ''-raħk-'', ''-ngar-'', respectively.
 
The following graphic demonstrates how the Širkattarnaft letters map to the corresponding Baybayin letters from which they were derived:
 
'''Mapping of Širkattarnaft to Baybayin Characters'''
<gallery>
Baybayin_vs_Tašširkantaft.jpg|
</gallery>


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== Nouns ==
== Nouns ==


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* Time - Quasi-verb NP + NP Compounding: Verb  root/complex +  ''-ummak'', e.g. ''gubbattustummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust-ummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust min ummak'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-time.of.doing.something, i.e. "wartime" (Salmon Speaker dialect)
* Time - Quasi-verb NP + NP Compounding: Verb  root/complex +  ''-ummak'', e.g. ''gubbattustummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust-ummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust min ummak'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-time.of.doing.something, i.e. "wartime" (Salmon Speaker dialect)
* Instrument: Type I Noun Incorporation, e.g. ''isangarsakua'' >> ''isangar-sakua'' >> make.light.with.flame-drinking.glass, i.e. "light bulb"
* Instrument: Type I Noun Incorporation, e.g. ''isangarsakua'' >> ''isangar-sakua'' >> make.light.with.flame-drinking.glass, i.e. "light bulb"
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=== Derivational Affixes ===
=== Derivational Affixes ===


There is a small set of suffixes that can be attached to a verb root to derive a noun, nevertheless Minhast prefers to nominalize clauses or use NI. The most frequently encountered ones are listed in the following table.
There is a small set of suffixes that can be attached to a verb root to derive a noun, nevertheless Minhast prefers to nominalize clauses or use NI. The most frequently encountered ones are listed in the following table.


{|
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|+ style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" |Derivational Affixes
|+ style="TEXT-ALIGN: left;"| '''Derivational Affixes'''
|- style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ccff"
| style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;width:200px" | '''Affix'''
| style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" | '''Gloss/Meaning'''
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -hupnia
! style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;width:200px" |'''Affix'''
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | instrumental affix
! style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" | '''Gloss/Meaning'''
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -šnia,-šn
| -hupnia
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | consisting of
| instrumental affix
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -pniš
| -śnia,-śn
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | propensity towards
| consisting of
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -pna
| -pniś
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | abstract affix, "-tude,-ity","-ness"
| propensity towards
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -sset
| -pna
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | temporal affix, "time of"
| abstract affix, "-tude,-ity","-ness"
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -kian
| -sset
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | locative affix
| temporal affix, "time of"
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -(n)niwak,-nwak
| -kian /kjan/ [çʲɐ̯n]
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | occupational affix, "one who engages in an activity"
| locative affix
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -tak
| -(n)niwak,-nwak
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | intransitive/transitive manner affix, "the manner of engaging in an activity; the manner of being"
| occupational affix, "one who engages in an activity"
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -(a)rat
| -tak, -Vtka (V=a: -atk)
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | the result of an action or event
| intransitive/transitive manner affix, "the manner of engaging in an activity; the manner of being"
|-
|-
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -mbat, -umbat, -numbat
| -(a)rat| -(a)rt
| style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | similarity of the action/event/state of the verb; also serves as an abstraction affix like "-pna"  
| the result of an action or event
|-
| -mbat, -umbat, -numbat| -(n)(u)mmat
| similarity of the action/event/state of the verb; also serves as an abstraction affix like "-pna"  
|}
|}
-->
 


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== Morphosyntax ==
== Morphosyntax ==


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=== Conjunctions and Connectives===
=== Conjunctions and Connectives===


Minhast has two classes of morphemes for joining two or more NPs into a larger phrase, one set being conjunctions, and another set called either ''ligatures'' or ''connectives'' which bind either mutually interdependent NPs (e.g. possessive phrases), or adjuncts to the nuclear clause.  Most of the Minhast linguistic literature uses the latter term ''connectives'', as in this article.  The purpose of both conjunctions and connectives is to link two or more entities or structures together to form a cohesive unit.  However, there are major differences between the two.  Conjunctions simply link a series of NPs with no implication that the individual NP units are interdependent.   The connectives, on the other hand, are required for interdependent NPs or other adjuncts (e.g. evidential particles), otherwise the phrase would be ungrammatical when the connective is omitted.   An example would be a possessive construction; omission of the connective min render the sentence ungrammatical because two NPs, namely the possessor and possessum, are “stranded”, and a possessive relationship cannot be inferred from the stranded NPs.
Minhast has two classes of morphemes for joining two or more NPs into a larger phrase, one set being conjunctions, and another set called either ''ligatures'' or ''connectives'' which bind either mutually interdependent NPs (e.g. possessive phrases), or adjuncts to the nuclear clause.  Most of the Minhast linguistic literature uses the latter term ''connectives'', as in this article.  The purpose of both conjunctions and connectives is to link two or more entities or structures together to form a cohesive unit.  However, there are major differences between the two.  Conjunctions simply link a series of NPs with no implication that the individual NP units are interdependent. The connectives, on the other hand, are required for interdependent NPs or other adjuncts (e.g. evidential particles), otherwise the phrase would be ungrammatical when the connective is omitted. An example would be a possessive construction; omission of the connective min render the sentence ungrammatical because two NPs, namely the possessor and possessum, are “stranded”, and a possessive relationship cannot be inferred from the stranded NPs.


====Conjunctions====
====Conjunctions====
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====Connectives====
====Connectives====


There are two major connectives. One binds only NPs together, while the other binds a NP or adjunct (e.g. evidentials) and a clause together.   The first type of connective, called the ''min''-connective, is used most notably for creating possessive phrases, although it is involved in the formation of other NP-NP structures .   The other is called the ''wa''-connective and is used to bind adjuncts to clauses. The two connectives are described in further detail below.
There are two major connectives. One binds only NPs together, while the other binds a NP or adjunct (e.g. evidentials) and a clause together. The first type of connective, called the ''min''-connective, is used most notably for creating possessive phrases, although it is involved in the formation of other NP-NP structures. The other is called the ''wa''-connective and is used to bind adjuncts to clauses. The two connectives are described in further detail below.




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! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
!  f,g,h,k,m,p,r,s, š,(w),y,z
!  f, g, h, k, m, p, r, s, ś, (w), y, z
| min
| min
|  
|  
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==== Copula ====
==== Copula ====


Minhast is a zero-copula language and thus lacks the verb "to be". Instead, a NP and its predicate argument are simply juxtaposed, as in ''"Anyar Minhast"'' ("Anyar is Minhast"). The NP may precede or follow its predicate, but generally the unmarked word order is NP + Predicate.
Minhast is a zero-copula language and thus lacks the verb "to be". Instead, a NP and its predicate argument are simply juxtaposed, as in ''"Anyar Minhast"'' ("Anyar is Minhast"). The NP may precede or follow its predicate, but generally the unmarked word order is NP + Predicate.


Copular clauses are negated with the negation particle ''hatā''' (no, not).  This particle can either precede or follow its argument; both ''"Kaslub hatā'"'' and ''"Hatā' kaslub"'' ("It is not a dog") are correct. Nouns can take tense markers.  Thus, if tense needs to be indicated, the appropriate verbal tense marker is suffixed to the predicate, as in ''"Keslib-ar, attim wakkaslub"'' ("He was a puppy, now he's an adult dog").  Pronominal affixes are suffixed to their predicates, as in ''"Minhast-ek"'' ("I am Minhast").  Tense markers, when they appear, come before the pronominal affix, as in ''"Minhast-ar-ek"''  ("I was Minhast").
Copular clauses are negated with the negation particle ''hatā''' (no, not).  This particle can either precede or follow its argument; both ''"Kaslub hatā'"'' and ''"Hatā' kaslub"'' ("It is not a dog") are correct. Nouns can take tense markers.  Thus, if tense needs to be indicated, the appropriate verbal tense marker is suffixed to the predicate, as in ''"Keslib-ar, attim wakkaslub"'' ("He was a puppy, now he's an adult dog").  Pronominal affixes are suffixed to their predicates, as in ''"Minhast-ek"'' ("I am Minhast").  Tense markers, when they appear, come before the pronominal affix, as in ''"Minhast-ar-ek"''  ("I was Minhast").
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== Texts ==
== Texts ==
 
-->
=== The Tower of Babel ===
# Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
# And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
# And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
# Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
# And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
# And the Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
# Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."
# So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
# Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.<br/><br/>
 
# Mattim šūmī min kirim šarraktī, irriyērum kastarmaharaban, wa'atim.
# Wahēk, redad wayyaħna min ambunistikī yalkikmiraban, Šinarkī takušš naħkisaššiatikkenaru.
# Indikirišmattararannamā: "Iggar išpisaxtakyatapirmannēruš."  Mattim iggar, hambin banak. Mattim issik, hambin nayyapi.
# Indikirišmattararannamā: "Hawassabummurratħakaš, šuxtānaran tuyye amandimahampinaft hawassaptirħakuš.  Hintirissakšarmakkakannimmāš šarratim suharaktikī tandikaħsaħptarikmaš."
# Wahēk,  Šuxtānim Ikkūne hārannimā, ummurrat sut tuyyēran sararampi, išpiħyimannarunaft sarmannaru.
# Wahēk,  Šuxtānim Ikkūne kirimarannamā: "Sapim redad šūmikman, šūmī min kirimaran ittaħšikman,  indikanawikmabampi, rearan markanawikminesampiš."
# "Wahēk,  iknahakmannimāš, kirinseššente haradaknesunimmāš, kirimtarseššentēran ikšempihikminesampiš."
# Wahēk,  Šuxtānim Ikkūnede išpiknatarkennarunimmā ummurratiyār iknikmaran.
# Atim waggabgabalaram hittinristirħaku, Šuxtānim Ikkūnede kirimseššente išpikšempiharu, šarrat min suharaktillidēran išpiknatarkennaru.
 
=== Sapim Tayatta ("This Poison") ===
This is a Horse Speaker poem, also known as “The Shaman Answers the Friar”
 
<blockquote>
Matti waddanua hittimtaru,<br/>
Tayatta min dannua išpisassambelampi.<br/>
 
Sakuki tanessatayattamminesaš,<br/>
Naššiyekitturħamminesašaft taklahwinittamumāš<br/>
Uggunki bastettayattatittemumāš, nuskikakkuneknesumāš,<br/>
Harattayatteknesunimmāš nurrekeknesuš.<br/>
 
Matti wayyuhar hittimtaru,<br/>
Tayatta min yuhar išpisaxtisassambelan.<br/>
 
Yuhar wattakalluttayattamminesaš,<br/>
Naššiyekitturħamminesašaft taklahwinittamumāš;<br/>
Uggunki bastettayattatittemumāš, āpirki yippehetireknesunimmāš,<br/>
Siyyekimtahaš, tayatta min yuhar saxtisassamaħnesaš<br/>
 
Matti wasattawa hittimtaru,<br/>
Suruššis kay awwakukmaħ, tanakkurennennesuš!<br/>
 
Tadutyattunnemumāš,<br/>
Naššiyekitturħamminesašaft taklahwinittamumāš;<br/>
Uggunki bastettayattatittemumāš, āpirki yippehetireknesunimmāš,<br/>
Aškunnesammāš, turħamte keħrinesaš .<br/>
 
Matti wašširkat tašširkamtattamaru,<br/>
Širkat dutyattutamabu.<br/>
 
Taxrikaħsašširkattarmannenesumāš
tasuyyekna’ennemki ittahišširkatmakkaknesuš, <br/>
Wahēk naššiyekitturħamminesašaft taklaħwinittamumāš;<br/>
Uggunki bastettayattatittemumāš, āpirki yippehetireknesunimmāš,<br/>
Āpirki saxtipayyakminesmāš, yurrudatarminesuš.<br/>
 
Sap min turħa ittaħšittūmanšaranaft išpissiblultireknesuš,<br/>
Turħa taħlimmatišan, intakwasktireknesumāš išpissiblultireknesuš.<br/>
 
Hatā tartarrak išpirakne’ennennesumāš tašpiħyennesuš<br/>
Naššiyekitturħamminesašaft taklaħwinittamumāš;<br/>
Tūmantinnemte išpintettennesumāš, intakwasktireknesuš.<br/>
Urruħyaknagikkitireknesumāš, intaharattireknesuš.<br/>
 
Turħa taħlimmatišanaft hittettemunaft, wassap min hukkemp,<br/>
Taħtemaran intattaħšisakšarampamā tukkišampamā inturruttaršampi;<br/>
 
Inturrustuyyeknaštaršaban, inturruddeltaršaban,<br/>
Tayatta hittitamannamā, “Sappu tektušmia”;<br/>
Sapim tayatta, wahatā’a nessannennesuš, <br/>
Išpikeħreammā, siyekkitennesumaš nistennesuš.<br/>
 
Iknitamaš, kurtamammā, naš wa’asmuyyakkāhaltamanaft, iknitamaš!<br/>
Dūy min Kirimastaran iknitamanimmāš, tabbuktartakkemaš!<br/>
 
Kan wassappu immattannesammāš sirastammenesuš,<br/>
Immattannesammāš, galkemmipār daššilaptammenesuš;<br/>
Immattannesammāš, šarrakti daššilaptammenesuš,<br/>
Gāl min Kirimastaran bitamammāš, nistirasmatannesaš.<br/>
 
<hr/>
 
This is the water you offer us,<br/>
This is the poison that has rotted your minds.<br/>
 
Do not tell us that our spirits will burn,<br/>
If we do not drink it from its cup;<br/>
Place it on the table and I shall draw my sword out,<br/>
Thus shall I shatter its goblet, thus it shall spill onto the ground;<br/>
 
This is the circle you give us,<br/>
It has a poison that has rotted your minds.<br/>
 
Do not tell us that our spirits will burn,<br/>
If we do not eat this circle you have given;<br/>
Place it on the table and I shall cast it into the fire,<br/>
Thus it will burn in the fire, the poison will burn and die.<br/>
 
This is the jewelry you give us,<br/>
Though it is embossed in fine gold, we will not kiss it;<br/>
 
Do not tell us that our spirits will burn,<br/>
If we do not bow low before it;<br/>
Place it on the table and I shall cast it into the fire,<br/>
There it will melt, and its spirit shall die.<br/>
 
These are the writings you have written,<br/>
These are the writings you give obeisance to;<br/>
 
Do not tell us that our spirits will burn,<br/>
If we do not read it and take it into our hearts;<br/>
Place it on the table and I shall cast it into the fire,<br/>
Into ashes it shall burn, and then the wind shall take it away.<br/>
 
The spirit that resides in it, I shall drive out,<br/>
This is a vile spirit, I will destroy it and cast it out.<br/>
 
Do not tell us that our spirits will burn,<br/>
If we do not accept this abomination and raise it high;<br/>
Bring it into our abode and I shall destroy it,<br/>
I will grind it under my foot, I will crush it with all my might.<br/>
 
This evil spirit you offer us, the one that has seized you tightly,<br/>
Like a viper it has bitten you, and it has wrapped itself tightly;<br/>
 
It wraps itself tight around your heart and your mind,<br/>
You offer us its venom, you say it is a gift;<br/>
We will not drink this poison you give us,<br/>
It is a dangerous thing, so we will burn it and cast it outside.<br/>
 
Get away from us, you who are dressed in black robes,<br/>
Go to the Salmon Speakers, so they can cut you to pieces;<br/>
 
Else if you remain here, we shall ride you down;<br/>
Stay here and we will take to our horses,<br/>
Stay here and we will run you into the ground;<br/>
Return to Horse Speaker Country, and you forfeit your lives.
</blockquote>


== Table of Abbreviations ==
== Table of Abbreviations ==


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Latest revision as of 21:42, 26 June 2021


This is a tribute to Minhast, by Chris Borillo: a "Minhastid" of sorts.

Crane Speaker Dialect
[Yikket minKirmast]
Pronunciation[/ji.ˈkːet ˈmin.giɾ.mɑst/ [iː.ˈkːet ˈmi.ŋːɪɾ.mäst]]
Created byNicolás Straccia (based on original work by Chris Borillo)
Setting[meta] Alt-Earth
Native toMiyako-jima, Ryu Kyu Islands
Native speakersca. 300 (1996)
Minhastid Languages
  • Crane Speaker Dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3n/a


Introduction

The Crane Speaker Dialect (CSD) is part of a "lost" branch of the Upper Minhast group of the Historical Regional Dialects of Minhast.

It is spoken in a secluded cluster of settlements in an island just out of Miyako-jima in the Miyako Islands (part of the Ryu Kyu Archipelago, in Japan) by 350 people, about 37% of which are monolingual CSD speakers, 60% are CSD-Uchinaaguchi bilinguals and 3% speak CSD, Uchinaaguchi and also Japanese (1996 census data). Originally fishermen and workers who had left Minhay for Japan, they ended up fleeing for the Ryu Kyus to avoind getting involved in the happenings of WWII.

Typologically, as is the case with Minhast, the CSD is ergative and polysynthetic, with ergativity surfacing both at the morphologic and syntactic levels and a highly agglutinative verbal morphology, performing noun incorporation and other complex valence operations.

The unmarked word order is SOV. Even though some deviation from this word order is allowed for discourse purposes (e.g. an argument that is to be focused is fronted to the head of the clause or in compound and complex sentences), the verb rarely deviates from its clause-final position and the order of the other arguments of the clause (core, oblique, and sentential complements) is not as flexible as in Minhast proper.

Dialectology

Minhast is divided into two major dialects: Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast. The two dialects groups differ chiefly in phonetics and the lexicon (for instance, Lower Minhast contains loanwords from neighbouring languages -e.g. Golahat- which Upper Minhast doesn't). Otherwise, the two dialects are mutually intelligible.

The Crane Speaker Dialect has traditionally been considered an integral part of the Upper Minhast group, given the history of its split from the mainland dialects through emigration from the Upper Minhast speaking prefectures to Japan around the year 1900. Nevertheless, modern comparative study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split from the established subgroups of Regional Historical Dialects in the mainland must have happened before the speakers left Minhay and a longer time ago than previously thought. This earlier split would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree, perhaps as part of a lost third branch parallel to the Upper versus Lower Minhast split. The main point made by two of these contending classifications situate the CSD as follows:

Minhastic Languages
Regional Historical Dialects
Upper Minhast
Mainland Dialects

Salmon Speakers ("Gaššarat", Northeastern Coast)



Dog Speakers ("Hisašarum", Northeastern Plains)



Horse Speakers ("Gannasia", Central Plateau)




Crane Speaker Dialect (Ryu Kyu) 1



Lower Minhast

Gull Speakers (Senzil and Rēgum Prefectures)



Osprey Speakers (Kings' Bay)



Stone Speakers (Neskud and Yaxparim prefectures)




Crane Speaker Dialect (Ryu Kyu) 2



NCR Modern Dialects

Modern Standard Minhast [variant of Upper Minhast]



Modern Colloquial Minhast ("City Speaker Dialect") [admixture of Upper and Lower Minhast]




1 after Hisakawa, Horn-Schwabbach & Harrison, (1957).

2 after Harrison, Yoshida & Dallas, (1996).


This new work in Minhast historical linguistics, lead by Dr. Michael P. Harrison (an old pupil of the Minhast scholar Prof. Dr. Yoshi Hisakawa), and the subsequent revision of the internal splits into the different dialect groups gave place to the term "Minhastic Languages" as a way to address the whole group, owing to 1) the noticeable differences between the fringe dialects of the already established dialect continua and 2) the greater differences present in those dialects which had drifted apart from the rest earlier on, the paramount case of the latter being the CSD itself.

This lead to a revision of the original Kilmarian Hypothesis posed by Hisakawa (Hisakawa et.al., 1957) which upheld the belief that, "when considered on their own" (i.e., only from a linguistic perspective), "the Regional Historical Dialects of mainland Minhay constitute a small language family, more heterogeneous than originally thought and related to other small languages" (the so called Shakhtabari Group of the Kilmay-Ri Family), with Minhast proper being but a central and incidentally more well known branch to it.

A different school of thought, more conservative and reluctant to Hisakawa's theories, adopts a more loose criterion, grouping the Crane Speakers Dialect together with other "lost dialects", such as that of the Knife Speakers' and the extinct Šarmakandast, in a miscellaneous group, without committing to any definitive classification.


Phonology and Orthography

Phonemic Inventory

The following chart contains the consonants in the Crane Speaker dialect phonology. A variation on the Minhast Latinized alphabet is used throughout this article (see Orthography below).


Crane Speaker Dialect Consonantal Inventory
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal Laryngeal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ
Fricative f s z ʃ ʒ χ h
Affricates t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Approximants w j
Lateral flap ɺ

Minhast Vowel Inventory

  Front Near- front Central Near- back Back
Close
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i
u
ɪ
e
ɑ
  Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open



Vowel length is distinctive. Devoiced vowels occur as allophones frequently, based on regular phonotactic rules:

Short Long Devoiced
a ā [ạ]
e ē [ẹ]
i ī [ị]
u ū [ụ]

Syllabic Structure and Phonemic Interactions

As it is the case in Minhast, words are subject to complex morphophonemic changes resulting from interactions with other morphemes occurring in the word. The verb is particularly complex in the various sound changes that may occur as a result of noun incorporation as well as the agglutinative processes involved in conjugation and other inflectional processes. These phonemic changes happening are assimilation, metathesis, syncope, epenthesis, voicing/devoicing and aspiration.

These complex morphophonemic interactions operate according to the general phonological principals outlined below:

  1. No syllable can have a consonant cluster of more than two consonants. Syncope can be applied only if a biconsonantal cluster is formed, and the vowel is not a part of a heavy syllable (i.e. the vowel is long, or it occurs in a VCC sequence).
  2. No Minhast word can have an initial consonant cluster. After any initial consonant cluster results from one or more of the possible morphophonemic alternations described below, an epenthetic is automatically appended to the head of the word to form the permissible iCC- pattern.
  3. An epenthetic vowel is always inserted between two syllables if combining the syllables results in a triconsonantal cluster. The default epenthetic vowel is -i-, but the other 3 vowels may also be used, depending on multiple factors (e.g. vowel harmony, an underlying quiescent initial vowel as part of the attached morpheme, etc.)
  4. Minhast has a strong tendency to form intermedial clusters, either or , providing that Rules #1-#3 are observed. If necessary, an epenthetic vowel may be added before or after the syllable to create these syllabic patterns, e.g. e.g. kanut-maris-kar- >> -kant-(u)-maris-kar
  5. The tendency to form intermedial consonant clusters creates complex assimilation interactions that nevertheless are predictable and almost always regular. These interactions are illustrated in Table X below:

    Crane Speaker Dialect Phonotactics Table

    * The phoneme /ɺ/ has two environmentally conditioned realizations: one more lateral, labeled [l], and one more rhotic, labeled [r]. A more generally backed environment (mainly the vicinity of back vowels) triggers the lateral realization, while otherwise the realization is mostly rhotic. This table shows the interactions of the resulting realizations with other phonemes, and are treated as if they were themselves phonemes for presentational purposes.

    Orthography

    The Crane Speaker Dialect uses two writing systems. One of them is a variant of the "Ammerkast" Latin script for Minhast, itself a an adaptation of the Americanist phonetic notation (with the exception of the grapheme <ħ>, which was adopted from IPA). Note the glottal stop <'> is usually not written unless there is a hiatus between two vowels.

    "Ammerkast" variant
    a, á, e, é, i, í, u, ú, ('), b, p, f, d, t, g, k, x, n, m, l, r, z, s, ś, h, ħ, w, y


    Another system is an indigenous script, adapted from the Uchinaaguchi kana system.


    Derivational Affixes

    There is a small set of suffixes that can be attached to a verb root to derive a noun, nevertheless Minhast prefers to nominalize clauses or use NI. The most frequently encountered ones are listed in the following table.

    Derivational Affixes
    Affix Gloss/Meaning
    -hupnia instrumental affix
    -śnia,-śn consisting of
    -pniś propensity towards
    -pna abstract affix, "-tude,-ity","-ness"
    -sset temporal affix, "time of"
    -kian /kjan/ [çʲɐ̯n] locative affix
    -(n)niwak,-nwak occupational affix, "one who engages in an activity"
    -tak, -Vtka (V=a: -atk) intransitive/transitive manner affix, "the manner of engaging in an activity; the manner of being"
    -(a)rt the result of an action or event
    -(n)(u)mmat similarity of the action/event/state of the verb; also serves as an abstraction affix like "-pna"



    Table of Abbreviations

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