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[[ | [[Xeno-Mandarin]] (''Putongyu'' or ''Putonglawas'') is an Altaic conlang with a "nontonal Mandarin" aesthetic, spoken in northern China and parts of Mongolia and Siberia in [[Verse:Irta]]. It's a hypothetical answer to the question "What if Mandarin were an Altaic sprachbund language?" | ||
==Todo== | |||
Derive from existing "reconstructions" of Proto-Altaic | |||
Chinese words in this language should sound so Mandarin they're even polysyllabic, like ''taiyang'' "sun" instead of ''ri'' | |||
''-zi'' is quite productive and works even with Altaic words | |||
Andalusian Spanish-style vowel harmony? | |||
==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||
*nominative: - | *nominative: -en / -ian | ||
*accusative: -Ø | *accusative: -Ø / -ь | ||
*genitive: - | *genitive: -es / -ies (sai-siot) | ||
*dative: - | *dative: -ade / -iade | ||
*ablative: - | *ablative: -ar / -iar | ||
*locative: - | *locative: -am / -iam | ||
*comitative: - | *comitative: -emb / -iemb | ||
*essive: - | *essive: -ao / -iao | ||
*translative: - | *translative: -aza / -iaza | ||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | |||
[[Category:Altaic languages]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:02, 7 January 2022
Xeno-Mandarin (Putongyu or Putonglawas) is an Altaic conlang with a "nontonal Mandarin" aesthetic, spoken in northern China and parts of Mongolia and Siberia in Verse:Irta. It's a hypothetical answer to the question "What if Mandarin were an Altaic sprachbund language?"
Todo
Derive from existing "reconstructions" of Proto-Altaic
Chinese words in this language should sound so Mandarin they're even polysyllabic, like taiyang "sun" instead of ri
-zi is quite productive and works even with Altaic words
Andalusian Spanish-style vowel harmony?
Nouns
- nominative: -en / -ian
- accusative: -Ø / -ь
- genitive: -es / -ies (sai-siot)
- dative: -ade / -iade
- ablative: -ar / -iar
- locative: -am / -iam
- comitative: -emb / -iemb
- essive: -ao / -iao
- translative: -aza / -iaza