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+++title = 'Mosici Lesson 1: Reading and Pronouncing the Mosici language'date = 2024-02-28T01:40:41+01:00+++
## Phonology of Mosici
Mosici has the following sounds:
### Consonants
| | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal ||-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|| **Nasal** | <span class=ipa>m</span> | <span class=ipa>n</span> | | || **Plosive** | <span class=ipa>p</span> | <span class=ipa>t</span> | | <span class=ipa>k</span> || **Fricative** | <span class=ipa>ɸ β</span> | <span class=ipa>s z</span> | <span class=ipa>ɕ ʑ</span> | <span class=ipa>ʀ</span> || **Approximant** | <span class=ipa>w</span> | <span class=ipa>l</span> | <span class=ipa>j</span> | <span class=ipa>(w)</span> |
### Vowels
| | Front | Back ||-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------|| Close | <span class=ipa>i y</span> | <span class=ipa>u</span> || Close-Mid | <span class=ipa>e ø</span> | <span class=ipa>o</span> || Open-Mid | <span class=ipa>ɛ</span> | <span class=ipa>ɔ</span> || Open | <span class=ipa>a</span> | |
## Written Mosici
Mosici uses the Nahan script. Here are the letters, their translitteration in the Latin alphabet and their base value:
| Letter | Latin translit. | Value ||-----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|| <span class=script-nahan>p</span> | p | <span class=ipa>p</span> || <span class=script-nahan>o</span> | o | <span class=ipa>o</span> || <span class=script-nahan>l</span> | l | <span class=ipa>l</span> || <span class=script-nahan>h</span> | h | Silent, lengthen a preceeding vowel || <span class=script-nahan>i</span> | i | <span class=ipa>e, j</span> (before a vowel) || <span class=script-nahan>a</span> | a | <span class=ipa>a</span> || <span class=script-nahan>r</span> | r | <span class=ipa>ʀ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>t</span> | t | <span class=ipa>t</span> || <span class=script-nahan>c</span> | c | <span class=ipa>k</span> || <span class=script-nahan>n</span> | n | <span class=ipa>n</span> || <span class=script-nahan>e</span> | e | <span class=ipa>ɛ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>z</span> | z | <span class=ipa>z</span> || <span class=script-nahan>v</span> | v | <span class=ipa>β</span> || <span class=script-nahan>m</span> | m | <span class=ipa>m</span> || <span class=script-nahan>f</span> | f | <span class=ipa>ɸ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>u</span> | u | <span class=ipa>w</span> || <span class=script-nahan>s</span> | s | <span class=ipa>s</span> |
There are also **accented** versions of the vowels:
| Letter | Latin translit. | Value ||-----------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|| <span class=script-nahan>á</span> | á | <span class=ipa>ɔ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>é</span> | é | <span class=ipa>i</span> || <span class=script-nahan>í</span> | í | <span class=ipa>i</span> || <span class=script-nahan>ó</span> | ó | <span class=ipa>u</span> |
And a handful of multigraphs:
| Letter | Latin translit. | Value ||------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|| <span class=script-nahan>si</span> | si | <span class=ipa>ɕ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>zi</span> | zi | <span class=ipa>ʑ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>ai</span> | ai | <span class=ipa>ɛ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>aí</span> | aí | <span class=ipa>e</span> || <span class=script-nahan>ao</span> | ao | <span class=ipa>ɔ</span> || <span class=script-nahan>aó</span> | aó | <span class=ipa>o</span> || <span class=script-nahan>oi</span> | oi | <span class=ipa>ø</span> || <span class=script-nahan>oí</span> | oí | <span class=ipa>y</span> || <span class=script-nahan>ei</span> | ei | <span class=ipa>i</span> || <span class=script-nahan>eí</span> | eí | <span class=ipa>i</span> |
Finaly a vowel followed by a nasal is nasalized, and a coda *n* is not pronounced aside from the nasalisation.
### Punctuation marks
A middle dot ({{%script"nahan"%}},{{%/script%}}) is equivalent to a comma, a double dot ({{%script"nahan"%}}.{{%/script%}}) is equivalent to a period.An hyphen ({{%script"nahan"%}}-{{%/script%}}) is used to affix grammar particles
## Some examples.
- {{%script"nahan"%}}nahánc an-cirta{{% /script %}} *nahánc an-cirta* {{%ipa "/naːɔ̃k ãkeʀta/" %}} (The Nahan script)- {{%script"nahan"%}}mosécéc an-ila{{%/script%}} *mosécéc an-ila* {{%ipa"/mosikik ãnela/"%}} (The Mosici language)- {{%script"nahan"%}}ansi i oílisi{{%/script%}} *ansi i olisi* {{%ipa"/ãɕ i yleɕ/"%}} (here and now)
## Exercise
Translitterate and give the pronounciation of the following phrases (copy pasting the text in a different font is cheating)
- {{%script"nahan"%}}an-ilat volnaref{{%/script%}} (I know the language)- {{%script"nahan"%}}sinea oílivia, na-iosnelos{{%/script%}} (In the fullness of time, it will be done)
These will be corrected in the next part.
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