Omonkwi
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| Omonkwi | |
|---|---|
| Omokwi | |
| Pronunciation | [/o.ˈmoŋ.kʷi/] |
| Created by | Nicolás Campi |
| Setting | Earth-like planet |
| Native speakers | Unknown (ca. 2005) |
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Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the Popol Vuh. Names such as Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná and Chimalmat. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Labio-Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | č [t͡ʃ] | k g | kʷ ɡʷ | |
| Fricative | f v | hʷ | h | |||
| Sibilant | s z | š ž [ʃ ʒ] | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Liquid | l r | |||||
| Approximant | y [j] | w |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ī | u ū | |
| Mid | e ē | o ō | |
| Open | a ā |
Grammar
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Particles
Derivational morphology
Example texts
- Sample:
- ipāgnat šival gōkwili
- Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.
- teyi water
- teōp eagle
- inti friend
- pāwi love
- ižki mouth
- hib arm
- zībun head
- buip face
- šival jaw, snout
- ix house
- lohip sky
- nungistix home of the gods
- xowi city
- lupi people
- ipnī heart, soul
- xīban heart, organ
- atli body
- ixipnī body (poetic)
- wui day