Moss

Moss
Language family	Cangic
Early form(s)	Classical Tanzangi, Proto-Cangic
Writing system	Hangul, Latin
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: 모라시 Morasi /mo̞ɾási/) 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	Dorsal
Nasal		m m̥	n n̥		ŋ ŋ̊
Plosive	-V	p	t		k
	+V	b	d		g
Fricative	-V		s	ʃ	h
	+V		z	ʒ
Liquid			l l̥ ɾ

• Sequences /pp bb tt dd kk gg/ are lenited to [ɸ β θ ð x ɣ] intervocalically.
  • Many concider these to be seperate phonemes entirely.
• Voiceless liquids /m̥ n̥ ŋ̊ l̥/ are exclusive to intervocalic position.
  • These phonemes may be analyzed as the sequences /mh nh ŋh lh/.
• 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 h/ can appear word-finally and in syllable coda.

Vowels

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

• The vowels /e o a/ are more precisely realized as [e̞ o̞ ä], but are not notated as such for the purpose of convenience.
• 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 Hangul was very recently adopted.

Phoneme	Latin	Hangul
m	m	마
m̥	mh	암하
n	n	나
n̥	nh	안하
ŋ	ng	앙아
ŋ̊	ngh	앙하
p	p	바
b	b	빠
t	t	다
d	d	따
k	k	가
g	g	까
s	s	사
z	z	싸
ʃ	c	자
ʒ	j	짜
h	h	하
l	l	알아
l̥	lh	알하
ɾ	r	라
i	i	이
ɨ	y	으
u	u	우
e	e	에
ə	ỳ	어
o	o	오
æ	è	애
a	a	아
ɒ	ò	와

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.