Moss

Moss
Language family	Cangic
Early form(s)	Classical Tanzangi, Proto-Cangic
Writing system	Tanzangi Alphabet
Official status
Spoken in	Tanzang
Regulated by	Government of Tanzang
Speaker
Endonym	Morasi
Number of speakers	1
Technical information
Language code	???

Moss (Tanzangi: Mojasti /moˈʒəsti/, Moss: Morasi /mo̞ɦɐ́si/) is a Cangic language, belonging to the Dangic sub-family. It is the official language of the Tanzangi colony of Mosas. Moss evolved from Classical Tanzangi as spoken by Tanzangi colonists in Mosas.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveo-Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m m̥	n n̥		ŋ ŋ̊
Plosive	-V	p	t		k
	+V	b	d		g
Fricative	-V	ɸ	θ s	ʃ	x	h
	+V	β	ð z	ʒ	ɣ	ɦ
Liquid			l l̥

• Plosives /p t k b d g/ rarely appear outside of intervocalic position.
• Affricates [ts dz tʃ dʒ] appear as allophones of /s z ʃ ʒ/ after liquids, and as sequences of /t.s d.z t.ʃ d.ʒ/ across syllable boundaries.
• Only the phonemes /m n ŋ p t k ɸ θ x s l/ can appear word-finally and in syllable coda.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open	æ	a	ɒ

• All vowels can also appear voiceless or breathy-voiced, resulting from sequences of /Vh/ and /Vɦ/ respectively.
• Vowels have very little allophony and are realized the same in all positions.
• Hiatus is allowed.

Stress

Moss features a pitch accent system. It follows Classical Tanzangi's rule of penultimate stress with very little native exceptions. Loanwords may follow a different stress pattern, marked by an acute.

Orthography

Moss's Latin orthography has undergone multiple reforms since the time of Classical Tanzangi. Its use of the Dang Alphabet, however, has remained nearly the same, with a few exceptions.

Phoneme	Latin	Dangic
m	m
m̥	mh
n	n
n̥	nh
ŋ	ng
ŋ̊	ngh
p	pp
b	bb
t	tt
d	dd
k	kk
g	gg
ɸ	p
β	b
θ	t
ð	d
ʃ	c
ʒ	j
x	k
ɣ	g
s	s
z	z
h	h
ɦ	r
l	l
l̥	lh
i	i
ɨ	y
u	u
e	e
ə	ỳ
o	o
æ	è
a	a
ɒ	ò

Grammar

Moss's grammar is nearly identical to that of both Classical and Modern Tanzangi. One notable difference is the retention of SVO word order in the interrogative mood. Additionally, Moss lacks the pro-drop nature of Tanzangi, as well as retaining the accusative case.