Meraner

Meraner (/məˈɹɑːnɚ/, native: መራነርኬ märanärke /mɐranɐrke/) is a Hellenic language spoken in East Africa.

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-)
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-)

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

Meraner personal pronouns

	Independent	Clitic object	Clitic possessive	Reflexive
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

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.

Syntax