Mala
Introduction
Mala was designed to be a simple and pleasing language. Created in 2017 by Tristan McConnell-Evans, Mala was made to be analytical and to have a writing system which reflected the language and it's attributes accurately. Mala was designed with many Asian languages in mind (such as Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese). Mala is spoken by the Malen people of Maia.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Here are the 10-14* consonants of Mala with IPA (left), romanisation (middle), and the Mala alphabet (right).
/m/ "m" ʌ
/n/ "n" s
/ŋ/ "ng" v*
/p/ "p" n
/t/ "t" j
/k/ "k" u
/c/ "c" τ*
/s/ "s" ι
/h/ "h" o
/f/ "f" ɒ*
/ʃ/ "sh" ɑ*
/w/ "w" c
/l/ "l" ɾ
/j/ "y" ɔ
Vowels
Mala uses the simple 5-vowel system shown below:
/a/ "a" · /i/ "i" ɔ /u/ "u" c /e/ "e" p /o/ "o" q
Phonotactics
Native Malan roots follow a (C)V(C) syllable structure, as well as imported roots. Non-native names follow a (C)(C)V(C)(C) syllable structure.
Syntax
Basic Malan sentences follow an SVO order.