Meraner

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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-)
h (h)  
l (l)    
h (h)    
m (m)    
s (s)    
r (r)    
s (s)    
ʃ (sh)    
(q)
b (b)    
v (v)    
t (t)    
t͡ʃ (c)    
h (h)
n (n)    
ɲ (ny)    
ʔ (')  
k (k)
x (kh)
w (w)  
ʔ (')  
z (z)    
ʒ (zh)    
j (y)  
d (d)    
d͡ʒ (j)    
ɡ (g)
(th)    
t͡ʃʼ (ch)    
(ph)    
t͡sʼ (ts)    
t͡sʼ (ts)  
f (f)    
p (p)    
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

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 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

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources