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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Mosici<br><span class="script-nahan">mosécéc an-ila</span>
|name=Mosici<br>{{script|script=nahan|t=mosécéc an-ila}}
|family=Nyelavi
|family=Nyelavi
|early-forms=Imperial Nyelavi, Old Mosici
|early-forms=Imperial Nyelavi, Old Mosici
|scripts=Nahan Script
|scripts=Nahan Script
|country=[[Imerchal]]
|country=[[Imerchal]]
|regulator=[[Imerchal#Governemment|Imerchali Department of Language and Culture]]
|regulator=[[Imerchal|Imerchali Department of Language and Culture]]
|demonym=Mosici-speaking
|demonym=Mosici-speaking
|usage=Native Language, Administrative Language
|usage=Native Language, Administrative Language
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}}
}}


'''Mosici''', sometimes also spelled '''Mosécé''' (Mosici: <span class="script-nahan">mosécéc an-ila</span> /mosikik ãtela/) is a Nyelavi language spoken in [[Imerchal]].
'''Mosici''', sometimes also spelled '''Mosécé''' (Mosici: {{script|script=nahan|t=mosécéc an-ila}} {{ipa|/mosikik ãtela/}}) is a Nyelavi language spoken in [[Imerchal]].


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Mosici has 15 consonants:


{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasals
! colspan="2" | Nasals
| m
| m || n || ||
| n
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Plosives
! colspan="2" | Plosives  
| p
| p || t || || k
| t
|
| k
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricatives
! rowspan="2" | Fricatives !! Voiceless
! Voiceless
| ɸ || s || ɕ ||
| ɸ
| s
| ɕ
|
|-
|-
! Voiced
! Voiced  
| β
| β || z || ʑ || ʀ
| z
| ʑ
| ʀ
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximants
! colspan="2" | Approximants
| w
| w || l || j || (w)
| l
|}
| j
 
| (w)
And 9 base vowels all of which can be long or nasalised:
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" | Vowels !! colspan="2" | Front !! rowspan="2" | Back
|-
! Rounded !! Unrounded
|-
! Close
| i || y || u
|-
! Close-Mid
| e || ø || o
|-
! Open-Mid
| ɛ || || ɔ
|-
! Open
| a || ||
|}
 
== Writing the language ==
 
Mosici is writen using the Nahan script (Mosici: {{script|script=nahan|t=narahnc an-cirta}} {{ipa|/naʀãːk ãkeʀta/}}), also know as the Póliah script (Mosici: {{script|script=nahan|t=Póliahc an-cirta}} {{ipa|/puljaːk ãkeʀta/}}).
 
The letters are the following:
 
{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! Letter !! Name !! Translitteration !! IPA Value
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=p}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=paí}} || p || /p/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=o}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=ós}} || o || /o/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=l}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=lán}} || l || /l/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=i}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=írni}} || i || /e/, /j/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=a}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=ánta}} || a || /a/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=h}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=hapfe}} || h || ∅, lengthens a preceding vowel
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=r}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=ris}} || r || /ʀ/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=u}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=uoc}} || u || /w/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=c}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=cal}} || c || /k/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=n}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=naol}} || n || /n/, nasalises a previous vowel, not pronounced in codas
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=e}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=éstal}} || e || /ɛ/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=s}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=sipal}} || s || /s/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=z}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=zorel}} || z || /z/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=f}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=fasoh}} || f || /ɸ/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=v}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=viren}} || v || /β/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=m}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=milo}} || m || /m/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=t}} || {{script|script=nahan|t=tecio}} || t || /t/
|}
 
=== Strappo ===
 
The nahan script also uses a diacritic: the Strappo (Mosici {{script|script=nahan|t=sitrapaóh}} {{ipa|/ɕtrapoː/}}) that modify the value of the vowel letters. It is usually translitterated with an acute.
 
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! Letter !! Value
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=á}} || /ɔ/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=é}} || /i/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=í}} || /i/
|-
| {{script|script=nahan|t=ó}} || /u/
|}
 
=== Vowel Coalescence ===
 
Vowel coalescence is a large sound change that affected Mosici’s vowel clusters after the fosilisation of spelling. Its understanding is therefore necesary to read Mosici words properly.
 
This table summarises the coalescence patterns:
* All values in IPA
* If the first vowel is nasal, no coalescence happen, instead the /n/ is pronounced
* If the second vowel is nasal, the resulting vowel is nasal
* Of any of the vowel is long, the resulting vowel is long
* Coalescence is applied left to right.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Second vowel →
First vowel ↓
! i !! u !! e !! o !! ɛ !! ɔ !! a
|-
!i
| ji || ju || je || jo || jɛ || jɔ || ja
|-
!y
| i || u || ø || ø || ø || ø || ø
|-
!u
| wi || u || we || wo || wɛ || wɔ || wa
|-
!e
| i || ø || i || ø || e || ø || ɛ
|-
!ø
| y || y || e || ø || e || ø || ø
|-
!o
| ø || u || ø || u || ø || o || ɔ
|-
!ɛ
| i || ø || i || ø || e || ø || ɛ
|-
!ɔ
| ø || o || ø || o || ø || ɔ || ɔ
|-
!a
| e || o || ɛ || ɔ || a || ɔ || ɔ
|}
|}
[[Category: language]]

Latest revision as of 11:20, 19 November 2024

Mosici
mosécéc an-ila
Language familyNyelavi
Early form(s)Imperial Nyelavi, Old Mosici
Writing systemNahan Script
Official status
Spoken inImerchal
Regulated byImerchali Department of Language and Culture
Speaker
DemonymMosici-speaking
Technical information
UsageNative Language, Administrative Language
Language codeMSC


Mosici, sometimes also spelled Mosécé (Mosici: mosécéc an-ila /mosikik ãtela/) is a Nyelavi language spoken in Imerchal.

Phonology

Mosici has 15 consonants:

Consonants Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal
Nasals m n
Plosives p t k
Fricatives Voiceless ɸ s ɕ
Voiced β z ʑ ʀ
Approximants w l j (w)

And 9 base vowels all of which can be long or nasalised:

Vowels Front Back
Rounded Unrounded
Close i y u
Close-Mid e ø o
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Writing the language

Mosici is writen using the Nahan script (Mosici: narahnc an-cirta /naʀãːk ãkeʀta/), also know as the Póliah script (Mosici: Póliahc an-cirta /puljaːk ãkeʀta/).

The letters are the following:

Letter Name Translitteration IPA Value
p paí p /p/
o ós o /o/
l lán l /l/
i írni i /e/, /j/
a ánta a /a/
h hapfe h ∅, lengthens a preceding vowel
r ris r /ʀ/
u uoc u /w/
c cal c /k/
n naol n /n/, nasalises a previous vowel, not pronounced in codas
e éstal e /ɛ/
s sipal s /s/
z zorel z /z/
f fasoh f /ɸ/
v viren v /β/
m milo m /m/
t tecio t /t/

Strappo

The nahan script also uses a diacritic: the Strappo (Mosici sitrapaóh /ɕtrapoː/) that modify the value of the vowel letters. It is usually translitterated with an acute.

Letter Value
á /ɔ/
é /i/
í /i/
ó /u/

Vowel Coalescence

Vowel coalescence is a large sound change that affected Mosici’s vowel clusters after the fosilisation of spelling. Its understanding is therefore necesary to read Mosici words properly.

This table summarises the coalescence patterns:

  • All values in IPA
  • If the first vowel is nasal, no coalescence happen, instead the /n/ is pronounced
  • If the second vowel is nasal, the resulting vowel is nasal
  • Of any of the vowel is long, the resulting vowel is long
  • Coalescence is applied left to right.
Second vowel →

First vowel ↓

i u e o ɛ ɔ a
i ji ju je jo jɛ jɔ ja
y i u ø ø ø ø ø
u wi u we wo wɛ wɔ wa
e i ø i ø e ø ɛ
ø y y e ø e ø ø
o ø u ø u ø o ɔ
ɛ i ø i ø e ø ɛ
ɔ ø o ø o ø ɔ ɔ
a e o ɛ ɔ a ɔ ɔ
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