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Phonology and Orthography

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	ai = ᦺ; au=ᦸ, ei=ᦾ; ou = ᦳ		ai = ᦺ; au=ᦸ, ei=ᦾ; ou = ᦳ

			== Lexicography ==
			* {{term\|ᦙᧀᧉ}} - cloud

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Aquatiki at 04:28, 18 February 2025

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	\| child2 = [[w:Mon language]]		\| child2 = [[w:Mon language]]
	\| child3 = [[w:Khmer language]]		\| child3 = [[w:Khmer language]]
	\| child4 = [[w:Vietnamese language]]		\| child4 = [[w:Vietnamese language]]
	\| child5 = [[w:Lao language]]		\| child5 = [[w:Lao language]]
	\| child6 = [[w:Thai language]]		\| child6 = [[w:Thai language]]
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	'''MSEAL''' ~~should have monosyllabic morphemes~~, ~~lexical tone~~, ~~a fairly large inventory~~ of ~~consonants~~, ~~including phonemic aspiration~~, ~~limited clusters at the beginning of a syllable~~, and ~~plentiful vowel contrasts~~. ~~Consider sesquisyllables~~. Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation. Nouns are derived by compounding. Grammatical relations are typically signaled by word order, particles and coverbs or prepositions. Modality is expressed using sentence-final particles. ~~Topic-comment. Classifiers~~		'''MSEAL''' has
			* Sesquisyllabicity - a "minor syllable" before a stressed main syllable.
			* Four tones
			* CV, CVC - no clusters
			* Isolating/Analytic Morphology: Almost no inflection or derivational morphology, with meaning expressed via word order, particles, and compounding.
			* Classifiers: Required when counting nouns. Many languages distinguish human, animal, object, and abstract classifiers.
			* Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs): Verbs often appear in chains without overt conjunctions (e.g., “go buy eat” instead of “go to buy and eat”).
			* Post-Verbal Aspectual Markers: Instead of tense, aspect is often marked via sentence-final particles or auxiliary verbs.
			* Pronoun Systems with Honorifics: Complex pronoun systems based on politeness and familiarity.
			* Topic-Comment Structure: Information flow prioritizes topics over strict subject-predicate structures.
			VO Order with Heavy Postmodification: Most MSEA languages use SVO word order, but with frequent postnominal relative clauses.
			* Sentence-Final Particles: Used for modality, politeness, evidentiality, and discourse functions (e.g., Mandarin 吗 “ma” for questions, Thai นะ “ná” for softening).
			* Negation with Dedicated Particles: pre-verbal (e.g., Mandarin 不 “bù,” Vietnamese không)
			* Reduplication: Used for pluralization, intensity, or aspectual modification (e.g., Thai ดีๆ "di di" = "very good").
			* Directional Verbs: Motion verbs often specify direction explicitly (“go up,” “go down,” “come in”).
			* Many sino-buddhist loan words

			Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation. Nouns are derived by compounding. Grammatical relations are typically signaled by word order, particles and coverbs or prepositions. Modality is expressed using sentence-final particles.

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==
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	** Mien		** Mien

	== Phonology ==		== Phonology and Orthography==
	MSEAL should have monosyllabic morphemes, lexical tone, a fairly large inventory of consonants, including phonemic aspiration, limited clusters at the beginning of a syllable, and plentiful vowel contrasts. Consider sesquisyllables. Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation.		MSEAL should have monosyllabic morphemes, lexical tone, a fairly large inventory of consonants, including phonemic aspiration, limited clusters at the beginning of a syllable, and plentiful vowel contrasts. Consider sesquisyllables. Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation.

	~~6 vowels~~		{\|

	~~p t c k '~~
	~~b d~~
	~~m n ñ ŋ~~
	r
	l
	~~s _ _ h~~
	~~w _ _ j~~


	~~Tones:~~
	~~# level~~
	~~# rising~~
	~~# departing~~
	~~# closed syllable/checked~~

	~~== Orthography ==~~
	MSEAL uses the [[w:New Tai Lue alphabet]] for its writing system, using it as a true alphabet, not an abugida. This is a novel way to use an existing alphabet, but it is more familiar to the neighbor who use the latin script, and are accustomed to writing everything down.		MSEAL uses the [[w:New Tai Lue alphabet]] for its writing system, using it as a true alphabet, not an abugida. This is a novel way to use an existing alphabet, but it is more familiar to the neighbor who use the latin script, and are accustomed to writing everything down.

	=== Consonants ===		=== Consonants ===
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
	\|+ MSEAL Initial Consonants		\|+ MSEAL Initial Consonants
	\|-		\|-
	! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal		! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~Nasal~~		! Nasals
	\| /m/ ᦙ		\| /m/ ᦙ
	\| /n/ ᦓ		\| /n/ ᦓ
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	\| /p/ ᦔ		\| /p/ ᦔ
	\| /t/ ᦑ		\| /t/ ᦑ
	\| \|\| /k/ ᦂ		\| /tɕ~c/ ᦈ
			\| /k/ ᦂ
	\| /ʔ/ ᦀ		\| /ʔ/ ᦀ
	\|-		\|-
	! Aspirated		! Aspirated
	\| /pʰ/ ᦘ		\| /pʰ/ ᦘ
	\| /tʰ/ ᦏ		\| /tʰ/ ᦒ
	\| \|\| /kʰ/ ᦅ		\| /tɕʰ~cʰ/ ᦋ
			\| /kʰ/ ᦅ
	\|		\|
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~Affricate~~		! "Voiced"
	\|		\| /b~ɓ/ ᦢ
	~~\| colspan=~~"2" \| /ts~~~tɕ~c~~/ ᦈ		\| /d~ɗ/ ᦡ
	\| \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	! Fricative		! Fricative
	\| /f~θ/ ᦝ		\| /f/ ᦝ
	\| colspan="2" \| /s~ɕ/ ᦉ		\| colspan="2" \| /s~ɕ/ ᦉ
	\| \|\| /h/ ᦠ		\| \|\| /h/ ᦣ
	\|-		\|-
	! Approx.		! Approx.
	\| /v~w~ʋ/ ᦞ		\| /v~w~ʋ/ ᦞ
	\| /l/ ᦟ		\| /l/ ᦟ
	\| /j/ ᦍ		\| /j/ ᦊ
	\| \| \|\|		\| \| \|\|
	\|}		\|}
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	\|+ Coda Sounds		\|+ Coda Sounds
	\|-		\|-
	! p !! t !! k !! m !! n !! ŋ !! w		! p !! t !! k !! m !! n !! ŋ !! ʔ
	\|-		\|-
	\| ᧇ \|\| ᧆ \|\| ᧅ \|\| ᧄ \|\| ᧃ \|\| ᧂ \|\| ᧁ		\| ᧇ \|\| ᧆ \|\| ᧅ \|\| ᧄ \|\| ᧃ \|\| ᧂ \|\| ᧁ
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	=== Vowels ===		=== Vowels ===
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
	\|+ Vowels and Diphthongs		\|+ Vowels and Diphthongs
	\|-		\|-
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	\|-		\|-
	! High		! High
	\| /i/ ᦵ \|\| rowspan="2" \| /ǝ/ ~~ᦲ ᧀ~~ \|\| /u/ ᦴ ᦼ		\| /i/ ᦲ \|\| rowspan="2" \| /ǝ/ ᦹ \|\| /u/ ᦴ
	\|-		\|-
	! Middle		! Middle
	\| /e/ ~~ᦸ ᦾ~~		\| /e/ ᦵ
	\| /o/ ~~ᦳ ᦽ~~		\| /o/ ᦷ
	\|-		\|-
	! Low		! Low
	\| colspan="3" ~~style="text-align:center;"~~ \| /a/ ᦱ ᦻ		\| colspan="3" \| /a/ ᦱ
	\|}		\|}
			ai = ᦺ; au=ᦸ, ei=ᦾ; ou = ᦳ



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Aquatiki: /* Anthropology */

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Anthropology

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	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==
	* ~~AustroAsiatic~~		* Indo-Arayan
			** Bengali
			* Austro-Asiatic
	** Khmer		** Khmer
	** Vietnamese		** Vietnamese
	* ~~SinoTibetan~~		* Sino-Tibetan
	** Chinese		** Chinese
	*** Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Southwestern Mandarin		*** Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Southwestern Mandarin
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	* [[w:Austronesian languages]]		* [[w:Austronesian languages]]
	** [[w:Chamic]]		** [[w:Chamic]]
	* ~~HmongMien~~		* Hmong-Mien
	** Hmong		** Hmong
	** Mien		** Mien



	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==

Aquatiki at 19:23, 3 July 2019

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 # departing
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{{Collab}}
{{Infobox Universal Language
| color = #FDBEA0
| name = M.S.E.A.L.
| altname = ဧသဃ
| Writing System = Burmese alphabet
| region = Mainland Southeast Asia
| genders =0
| cases = 0
| alignment = Nominative-Accusative
| proto =
| Type = Isolating
| word-order = SVO
| child1 = [[w:Burmese]]
| child2 = [[w:Mon language]]
| child3 = [[w:Khmer language]]
| child4 = [[w:Vietnamese language]]
| child5 = [[w:Lao language]]
| child6 = [[w:Thai language]]
| child7 = [[w:Hmu language]]
| population = 233
| flag =MSEAL.png
}}

'''MSEAL''' should have monosyllabic morphemes, lexical tone, a fairly large inventory of consonants, including phonemic aspiration, limited clusters at the beginning of a syllable, and plentiful vowel contrasts. Consider sesquisyllables. Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation. Nouns are derived by compounding. Grammatical relations are typically signaled by word order, particles and coverbs or prepositions. Modality is expressed using sentence-final particles. Topic-comment. Classifiers

== Anthropology ==
* AustroAsiatic
** Khmer
** Vietnamese
* SinoTibetan
** Chinese
*** Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Southwestern Mandarin
** Bermese
* Kra-dai
** Tai, Lao, Shan, Kam
* [[w:Austronesian languages]]
** [[w:Chamic]]
* HmongMien
** Hmong
** Mien

== Phonology ==
MSEAL should have monosyllabic morphemes, lexical tone, a fairly large inventory of consonants, including phonemic aspiration, limited clusters at the beginning of a syllable, and plentiful vowel contrasts. Consider sesquisyllables. Isolating, mostly mono-morphemic words, no inflection and little affixation.

6 vowels

p t c k '
b d
m n ñ ŋ
r
l
s _ _ h
w _ _ j

Tones:
# level
# rising
# departing
# closed syllable/checked

{{Aquatiki}}