Mosici
| Mosici mosécéc an-ila | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Nyelavi |
| Early form(s) | Imperial Nyelavi, Old Mosici |
| Writing system | Nahan Script |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Imerchal |
| Regulated by | Imerchali Department of Language and Culture |
| Speaker | |
| Demonym | Mosici-speaking |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Native Language, Administrative Language |
| Language code | MSC |
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 |