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Revision as of 22:20, 17 July 2007
Mor'osi (Mor'osvur, IPA: [moɺ.osβʊɺ] is the primary language of the nation of Mor'os, spoken by an overwhelming 94% of the population.
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[hide]Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Lateral alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosives | p b | t d | k g | |||
| Fricatives | ɸ β | s z | ɕ ʑ | x | ||
| Affricates | tɬ | tɕ dʑ | ||||
| Approximants | l̥ l | j̥ j | ɰ | |||
| Flaps | ɺ |
Vowels
| Front | Near- front |
Near- back |
Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||
| Open | a |
Grammar
Mor'osi displays close to no inflection, relying instead heavily on context and particle words to convey meaning. In this same vein Mor'osi is a pro-drop language, and any assumed element with the exception of the verb can be dropped from the sentence.
Particles
Particles in Mor'osi serve both to mark the role of a noun within a sentence and as postpositions, identicical to prepostitions in function but placed after the word which they modify.
| translation | example | gloss | translation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sū | [Subject] |
Syntax and Topic-prominence
There is not set syntax ruling Mor'osi syntax. Instead, Mor'osi is a topic-prominence language in which the the subject, object, verb other element that the speaker wishes to place emphasis on is placed at the onset of the sentence. Often this is used to introduce new information, or to draw attention to a certain point.
Reduplication
Reduplication, the process or repeating a word, is a common feature of Mor'osi. Reduplication serves three purposes: emphasis or augmentation of the reduplicated morpheme, the pluralization of certain nouns and pronouns, and the indication of the progressive or imperfect aspect.
