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'''Meraner''' (/məˈɹɑːnɚ/, native መራነርኬ ''märanärke'' /mɐranɐrke/) is a Hellenic language spoken in East Africa. | '''Meraner''' (/məˈɹɑːnɚ/, native: መራነርኬ ''märanärke'' /mɐranɐrke/) is a Hellenic language spoken in East Africa. | ||
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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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====Fidel==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
!IPA (Roman.)!!{{IPA|ɐ}} (ä)!!{{IPA|u}} (u)!!{{IPA|i}} (i)!!{{IPA|a}} (a)!!{{IPA|e}} (e)!!{{IPA|ɨ/-}} (ï/-)!!{{IPA|o}} (o)!!{{IPA|ʷɐ}} (wä)!!{{IPA|ʷi}} (wi)!!{{IPA|ʷa}} (wa)!!{{IPA|ʷe}} (we)!!{{IPA|ʷɨ/ʷ-}} (wï/w-) | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|h}} (h) | |||
|ሀ||ሁ||ሂ||ሃ||ሄ||ህ||ሆ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|l}} (l) | |||
|ለ||ሉ||ሊ||ላ||ሌ||ል||ሎ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሏ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|h}} (h) | |||
|ሐ||ሑ||ሒ||ሓ||ሔ||ሕ||ሖ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሗ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|m}} (m) | |||
|መ||ሙ||ሚ||ማ||ሜ||ም||ሞ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሟ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|s}} (s) | |||
|ሠ||ሡ||ሢ||ሣ||ሤ||ሥ||ሦ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሧ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|r}} (r) | |||
|ረ||ሩ||ሪ||ራ||ሬ||ር||ሮ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሯ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|s}} (s) | |||
|ሰ||ሱ||ሲ||ሳ||ሴ||ስ||ሶ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሷ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʃ}} (sh) | |||
|ሸ||ሹ||ሺ||ሻ||ሼ||ሽ||ሾ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ሿ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
<!-- | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʂ}} | |||
|ⶠ||ⶡ||ⶢ||ⶣ||ⶤ||ⶥ||ⶦ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ⶣ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|kʼ}} (q) | |||
|ቀ||ቁ||ቂ||ቃ||ቄ||ቅ||ቆ||ቈ||ቊ||ቋ||ቌ||ቍ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
<!-- | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʁ}} | |||
|ቐ||ቑ||ቒ||ቓ||ቔ||ቕ||ቖ||ቘ||ቚ||ቛ||ቜ||ቝ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|b}} (b) | |||
|በ||ቡ||ቢ||ባ||ቤ||ብ||ቦ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ቧ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|v}} (v) | |||
|ቨ||ቩ||ቪ||ቫ||ቬ||ቭ||ቮ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ቯ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|t}} (t) | |||
|ተ||ቱ||ቲ||ታ||ቴ||ት||ቶ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ቷ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|t͡ʃ}} (c) | |||
|ቸ||ቹ||ቺ||ቻ||ቼ||ች||ቾ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ቿ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʈʰ}} | |||
|ⶨ||ⶩ||ⶪ||ⶫ||ⶬ||ⶭ||ⶮ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ⶨ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|h}} (h) | |||
|ኀ||ኁ||ኂ||ኃ||ኄ||ኅ||ኆ||ኈ||ኊ||ኋ||ኌ||ኍ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|n}} (n) | |||
|ነ||ኑ||ኒ||ና||ኔ||ን||ኖ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ኗ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ɲ}} (ny) | |||
|ኘ||ኙ||ኚ||ኛ||ኜ||ኝ||ኞ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ኟ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʔ}} (') | |||
|አ<!--(ኧ)-->||ኡ||ኢ||ኣ||ኤ||እ||ኦ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|k}} (k) | |||
|ከ||ኩ||ኪ||ካ||ኬ||ክ||ኮ||ኰ||ኲ||ኳ||ኴ||ኵ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|x}} (kh) | |||
|ኸ||ኹ||ኺ||ኻ||ኼ||ኽ||ኾ||ዀ||ዂ||ዃ||ዄ||ዅ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|w}} (w) | |||
|ወ||ዉ||ዊ||ዋ||ዌ||ው||ዎ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʔ}} (') | |||
|ዐ||ዑ||ዒ||ዓ||ዔ||ዕ||ዖ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|z}} (z) | |||
|ዘ||ዙ||ዚ||ዛ||ዜ||ዝ||ዞ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ዟ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʒ}} (zh) | |||
|ዠ||ዡ||ዢ||ዣ||ዤ||ዥ||ዦ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ዧ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʒ}} | |||
|ⶰ||ⶱ||ⶲ||ⶳ||ⶴ||ⶵ||ⶶ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ⶳ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|j}} (y) | |||
|የ||ዩ||ዪ||ያ||ዬ||ይ||ዮ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|d}} (d) | |||
|ደ||ዱ||ዲ||ዳ||ዴ||ድ||ዶ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ዷ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|d͡ʒ}} (j) | |||
|ጀ||ጁ||ጂ||ጃ||ጄ||ጅ||ጆ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጇ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
<!-- | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ɖ}} | |||
|ዸ||ዹ||ዺ||ዻ||ዼ||ዽ||ዾ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ዿ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
--> | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ɡ}} (g) | |||
|ገ||ጉ||ጊ||ጋ||ጌ||ግ||ጎ||ጐ||ጒ||ጓ||ጔ||ጕ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ŋ}} | |||
|ጘ||ጙ||ጚ||ጛ||ጜ||ጝ||ጞ||ⶓ||ⶔ||ጟ||ⶕ||ⶖ | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
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! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|tʼ}} (th) | |||
|ጠ||ጡ||ጢ||ጣ||ጤ||ጥ||ጦ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጧ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|t͡ʃʼ}} (ch) | |||
|ጨ||ጩ||ጪ||ጫ||ጬ||ጭ||ጮ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጯ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
<!-- | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|ʈʼ}} | |||
|ⶸ||ⶹ||ⶺ||ⶻ||ⶼ||ⶽ||ⶾ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጯ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
--> | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|pʼ}} (ph) | |||
|ጰ||ጱ||ጲ||ጳ||ጴ||ጵ||ጶ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጷ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|t͡sʼ}} (ts) | |||
|ጸ||ጹ||ጺ||ጻ||ጼ||ጽ||ጾ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ጿ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|t͡sʼ}} (ts) | |||
|ፀ||ፁ||ፂ||ፃ||ፄ||ፅ||ፆ||colspan="6" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style="font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|f}} (f) | |||
|ፈ||ፉ||ፊ||ፋ||ፌ||ፍ||ፎ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ፏ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- style= "font-size:120%" | |||
! style="font-size:90%"| {{IPA|p}} (p) | |||
|ፐ||ፑ||ፒ||ፓ||ፔ||ፕ||ፖ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| ||ፗ||colspan="2" style="background:#cccccc"| | |||
|- | |||
!IPA (Roman.)!!{{IPA|ɐ}} (ä)!!{{IPA|u}} (u)!!{{IPA|i}} (i)!!{{IPA|a}} (a)!!{{IPA|e}} (e)!!{{IPA|ɨ/-}} (ï/-)!!{{IPA|o}} (o)!!{{IPA|ʷɐ}} (wä)!!{{IPA|ʷi}} (wi)!!{{IPA|ʷa}} (wa)!!{{IPA|ʷe}} (we)!!{{IPA|ʷɨ/ʷ-}} (wï/w-) | |||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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===Nouns=== | |||
The plural of nouns is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)s''. | |||
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Definiteness is marked with the suffix ''-to'' (masculine) or ''-ta'' (feminine). | |||
===Pronouns=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ Meraner personal pronouns | |||
! !! Independent !! Clitic object !! Clitic possessive !! Reflexive | |||
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! 1S | |||
| እሜ ''ïme'' | |||
| -ም ''-m'' | |||
| -ሜ ''-me'' | |||
| ሜልሜ ''melme'' | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| እሴ ''ïse'' | |||
| -ስ ''-s'' | |||
| -ሴ ''-se'' | |||
| ሜልሴ ''melse'' | |||
|- | |||
! 3SM | |||
| ሁቱ ''hutu'' | |||
| -ቶ ''-to'' | |||
| -ቱ ''-tu'' | |||
| ሜልቱ ''meltu'' | |||
|- | |||
! 3SF | |||
| ሁቴ ''hute'' | |||
| -ታ ''-ta'' | |||
| -ቴ ''-te'' | |||
| ሜልቴ ''melte'' | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| እሚን ''ïmin'' | |||
| -ማስ ''-mas'' | |||
| -ሚን ''-min'' | |||
| ሜልሚን ''melmin'' | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| እሲን ''ïsin'' | |||
| -ሳስ ''-sas'' | |||
| -ሲን ''-sin'' | |||
| ሜልሲን ''melsin'' | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| ሁቶን ''huton'' | |||
| -ታን ''-tas'' | |||
| -ቶን ''-ton'' | |||
| ሜልቶን ''melton'' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Numerals=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ Meraner numerals | |||
! # !! Cardinal | |||
|- | |||
! 0 | |||
| ዜሮ ''zero'' | |||
|- | |||
! 1 | |||
| ህን ''hïn'' | |||
|- | |||
! 2 | |||
| ጆ ''jo'' | |||
|- | |||
! 3 | |||
| ትሪ ''tri'' | |||
|- | |||
! 4 | |||
| ጠስር ''thässïr'' | |||
|- | |||
! 5 | |||
| ፐንጥ ''pänth'' | |||
|- | |||
! 6 | |||
| ህግስ ''hïgs'' | |||
|- | |||
! 7 | |||
| ህብጣ ''hïbtha'' | |||
|- | |||
! 8 | |||
| ኦግጦ ''ogtho'' | |||
|- | |||
! 9 | |||
| እኛ ''ïnya'' | |||
|- | |||
! 10 | |||
| ደቃ ''däqa'' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
* Ordinal numbers are formed with the suffix ''-to''. | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== |
Latest revision as of 05:13, 2 November 2023
Meraner (/məˈɹɑːnɚ/, native: መራነርኬ märanärke /mɐranɐrke/) is a Hellenic language spoken in East Africa.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Fidel
IPA (Roman.) | ɐ (ä) | u (u) | i (i) | a (a) | e (e) | ɨ/- (ï/-) | o (o) | ʷɐ (wä) | ʷi (wi) | ʷa (wa) | ʷe (we) | ʷɨ/ʷ- (wï/w-) | |
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h (h) | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | ||||||
l (l) | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | ሏ | |||||
h (h) | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | ሗ | |||||
m (m) | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ሟ | |||||
s (s) | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ሧ | |||||
r (r) | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | ሯ | |||||
s (s) | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | ሷ | |||||
ʃ (sh) | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | ሿ | |||||
kʼ (q) | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቈ | ቊ | ቋ | ቌ | ቍ | |
b (b) | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | ቧ | |||||
v (v) | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | ቯ | |||||
t (t) | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | ቷ | |||||
t͡ʃ (c) | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | ቿ | |||||
h (h) | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ | ኈ | ኊ | ኋ | ኌ | ኍ | |
n (n) | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | ኗ | |||||
ɲ (ny) | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | ኟ | |||||
ʔ (') | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | ||||||
k (k) | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኰ | ኲ | ኳ | ኴ | ኵ | |
x (kh) | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ዀ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ | ዅ | |
w (w) | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | ||||||
ʔ (') | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | ||||||
z (z) | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | ዟ | |||||
ʒ (zh) | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | ዧ | |||||
j (y) | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | ||||||
d (d) | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | ዷ | |||||
d͡ʒ (j) | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | ጇ | |||||
ɡ (g) | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጐ | ጒ | ጓ | ጔ | ጕ | |
tʼ (th) | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | ጧ | |||||
t͡ʃʼ (ch) | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | ጯ | |||||
pʼ (ph) | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | ጷ | |||||
t͡sʼ (ts) | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | ጿ | |||||
t͡sʼ (ts) | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | ||||||
f (f) | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ፏ | |||||
p (p) | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | ፗ | |||||
IPA (Roman.) | ɐ (ä) | u (u) | i (i) | a (a) | e (e) | ɨ/- (ï/-) | o (o) | ʷɐ (wä) | ʷi (wi) | ʷa (wa) | ʷe (we) | ʷɨ/ʷ- (wï/w-) |
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
The plural of nouns is formed with the suffix -(ï)s.
Definiteness is marked with the suffix -to (masculine) or -ta (feminine).
Pronouns
Independent | Clitic object | Clitic possessive | Reflexive | |
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1S | እሜ ïme | -ም -m | -ሜ -me | ሜልሜ melme |
2S | እሴ ïse | -ስ -s | -ሴ -se | ሜልሴ melse |
3SM | ሁቱ hutu | -ቶ -to | -ቱ -tu | ሜልቱ meltu |
3SF | ሁቴ hute | -ታ -ta | -ቴ -te | ሜልቴ melte |
1P | እሚን ïmin | -ማስ -mas | -ሚን -min | ሜልሚን melmin |
2P | እሲን ïsin | -ሳስ -sas | -ሲን -sin | ሜልሲን melsin |
3P | ሁቶን huton | -ታን -tas | -ቶን -ton | ሜልቶን melton |
Numerals
# | Cardinal |
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0 | ዜሮ zero |
1 | ህን hïn |
2 | ጆ jo |
3 | ትሪ tri |
4 | ጠስር thässïr |
5 | ፐንጥ pänth |
6 | ህግስ hïgs |
7 | ህብጣ hïbtha |
8 | ኦግጦ ogtho |
9 | እኛ ïnya |
10 | ደቃ däqa |
- Ordinal numbers are formed with the suffix -to.