Maryan Coptic: Difference between revisions

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|name= Maryan Coptic

|creator=[[User:Castillerian|Castillerian]]

|region=[[w:Egypt|Egypt]]

|fam3=[[w:Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]]

|fam4=[[w:Coptic language|Coptic]]

|dia2=Nahlic

|dia3=Cholevic

}}

==Phonology==

====Coptic alphabet====

In the earliest drafts dating back to March 2018, Maryan initially used a modified Latin alphabet, until a secondary script utilizing Coptic glyphs was introduced a month later in April. By July of the same year, the Latin script ceased all future and current usage, as all remaining texts which still used the Latin script were replaced with the more polished Coptic script.

| alpha, {{cop|ⲁⲗⲫⲁ}}

| a

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲃ ⲃ</big>}}

| beta, {{cop|ⲃⲏⲧⲁ}}

| b

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲅ ⲅ</big>}}

| ei, {{cop|ⲉⲓ}}

| e

|-

| {{cop|<big>ⲋ</big>}}

| zeta, {{cop|ⲍⲏⲧⲁ}}

| z

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲏ ⲏ</big>}}

| eta, {{cop|ⲏⲧⲁ}}

| ē

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲑ ⲑ</big>}}

| iota, {{cop|ⲓⲟⲧⲁ}}

| i

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲕ ⲕ</big>}}

| ne, {{cop|ⲛⲉ}}

| n

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲝ ⲝ</big>}}

| ksi, {{cop|ⲝⲓ}}

| x

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲟ ⲟ</big>}}

| o, {{cop|ⲟ}}

| o

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲡ ⲡ</big>}}

| ro, {{cop|ⲣⲱ}}

| r

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲥ ⲥ</big>}}

| sima, {{cop|ⲥⲓⲙⲁ}}

| s

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲧ ⲧ</big>}}

| u, {{cop|ⲩ}}

| u

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲫ ⲫ</big>}}

| psi, {{cop|ⲯⲓ}}

| ps

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ⲱ ⲱ</big>}}

| ou, {{cop|ⲱⲩ}}

| ō

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ϣ ϣ</big>}}

| hore, {{cop|ϩⲱⲣⲉ}}

| h

|-

| {{cop|<big>Ϫ ϫ</big>}}

| ti, {{cop|ϯ}}

| ti

|-

| {{cop|<big>ⳕ</big>

| hat, {{cop|ϩⲁⲧ}}

| '

|-

| {{cop|<big>ⳁ</big>}}

''Sou'' ({{cop|ⲋ}}) and ''sampi'' ({{cop|ⳁ}}) are used strictly for their numeric values and do not carry any phonemic values.

* {{cop|'''ⲁⲙⲣⲉⳕ'''}} (baker) - {{IPA|/amˈɾɛʔ/}}

* {{cop|'''ϧⲉⳕⲧⲉⲃ'''}} (kill [construct]) - {{IPA|/ˌxətəβ/}}

* {{cop|'''ⲥⲁⲓⲉⳕ'''}} (beautiful) - {{IPA|/saˈjɛʔ/}}

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|-

|-

|-

|-

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===Consonants===

|-

! colspan="2" | Fricative

|-

! rowspan="2" | Affricate

|-

! Close

|-

! Close-mid

|-

! Mid

|+ Diphthongs

! IPA

|-

! Coptic script

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Maryan uses a [[w:Stress_(linguistics)#Lexical_stress|lexical stress]] system. The primary stress is always found either on the [[w:Penult|penult]] or the [[w:Ultima_(linguistics)|ultima]], depending on the vowels present, and the secondary stress is always found at least two syllables before the primary stress, usually in conjugated verbs and compound nouns. However, borrowed loanwords tend to break this pattern, as Maryan Coptic attempts to preserve the stress from the loanword's source language. Fortunately, inherited loanwords are constructed specifically to fit Maryan's native stress system, making their stress patterns more predictable than direct borrowings.

* {{cop|'''Ⲭⲏⲙⲉ'''}} (Egypt): {{IPA|/ˈkʰeːmə/}}

* {{cop|'''Ⲉⲥⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ'''}} (Esnofre [female-given name]): {{IPA|/əsˈnɔfɾə/}}

* {{cop|'''ⳣⲟⲓⲉ'''}} (farmer): {{IPA|/ˈwɔjjə/}}

====Intonation====

** {{cop|'''ⲥⲟⲛ'''}} (brother), {{cop|'''ⲣⲱⲙⲉ'''}} (human, person), {{cop|'''ⲱⲓⲕ'''}} (bread), {{cop|'''ⳣⲱⲙ'''}} (food)

* Feminine:

Nominal particles always carry a fixed gender.

** {{cop|'''ϫⲓⲛⲙⲓⲥⲉ'''}} (birth), {{cop|'''ϫⲓⲛⲕⲁⲧⲉ'''}} (understanding)

* {{cop|'''ⲙⲉⲧ-'''}} (abstract nominalizer) - feminine

* {{cop|'''ⲙⲁⲛ-'''}} (place of) - masculine

** {{cop|'''ⲙⲁⲛϣⲱ'''}} (beach, lit. "place of sand"), {{cop|'''ⲙⲁⲛⲁⲗⲟⲗⲉ'''}} (vineyard, lit. "place of grapes")

===Adjectives===

===Verbs===

===Adverbs===

===Particles===

==Other resources==

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