diff --git a/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-0-general-information.md b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-0-general-information.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06ecf04 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-0-general-information.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ ++++ +title = 'Mosici Lesson 0: General Information' +date = 2024-02-28T01:28:57+01:00 ++++ + +Hi! This is the start of some “lessons” on Mosici, but before we start I will note a couple conventions: + +- What is in {{%ipa "serif"%}} font are IPA transcriptions +- What is in *italics* is the romanisation of some Mosici text. +- Words in Mosici might also be written using its native Nahan alphabet: {{% script "nahan" %}}nahanc an-cirta{{% /script %}} + + diff --git a/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-reading-and-pronouncing.md b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-reading-and-pronouncing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5342a1f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-reading-and-pronouncing.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ ++++ +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** | m | n | | | +| **Plosive** | p | t | | k | +| **Fricative** | ɸ β | s z | ɕ ʑ | ʀ | +| **Approximant** | w | l | j | (w) | + +### Vowels + +| | Front | Back | +|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------| +| Close | i y | u | +| Close-Mid | e ø | o | +| Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ | +| Open | a | | + +## 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 | +|-----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------| +| p | p | p | +| o | o | o | +| l | l | l | +| h | h | Silent, lengthen a preceeding vowel | +| i | i | e, j (before a vowel) | +| a | a | a | +| r | r | ʀ | +| t | t | t | +| c | c | k | +| n | n | n | +| e | e | ɛ | +| z | z | z | +| v | v | β | +| m | m | m | +| f | f | ɸ | +| u | u | w | +| s | s | s | + +There are also **accented** versions of the vowels: + +| Letter | Latin translit. | Value | +|-----------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------| +| á | á | ɔ | +| é | é | i | +| í | í | i | +| ó | ó | u | + +And a handful of multigraphs: + +| Letter | Latin translit. | Value | +|------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------| +| si | si | ɕ | +| zi | zi | ʑ | +| ai | ai | ɛ | +| | aí | e | +| ao | ao | ɔ | +| | aó | o | +| oi | oi | ø | +| | oí | y | +| ei | ei | i | +| | eí | i | + +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. diff --git a/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-the-nahan-script b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-the-nahan-script new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5818ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/conlangs/mosici-lesson-1-the-nahan-script @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ ++++ +title = 'Mosici Lesson 1: Reading and Pronouncing the Mosici language' +date = 2024-02-28T01:26:42+01:00 +draft = true ++++ + +Hi \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/conlangs/overview-of-mosici.md b/content/conlangs/overview-of-mosici.md index 8f60fa0..84fba7c 100644 --- a/content/conlangs/overview-of-mosici.md +++ b/content/conlangs/overview-of-mosici.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ date = 2024-02-26T02:16:48+01:00 keywords = ["conlangs","mosici","mosécéc"] +++ -Mosici (in Mosici: {{% script "nahan" %}}Mosécéc an,ila{{% /script %}} {{% ipa %}}/mosikik ãnela/{{% /ipa %}}) is spoken in the world of Nielavi. 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