Muanti

Muanti is spoken by the Draimasi and their related cultures across their settlements and world-stations. It's also a general term for the language that encompasses the root language and dialects spoken by the various Draimasi cultures, such as the Tiountyo.
The Draimasi name for Muanti is "Muant" ( pronounced: Mooahnd ).

Phonology

Consonant inventory
/b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v x z/
(Note: 't' in Muanti is prounounced like 'd', and 'y' is prounounced as 'jya' )

Muanti Consonant IPA Block

The IPA consonant listing for the Muanti language.

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↓Manner /Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t d	c	k g	q
Fricative		f v	s z		x		h
Approximant				j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Syllable structure
(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)
Stress pattern
No fixed stress
Word initial consonants
b, br, c, ch, cl, d, dr, f, g, gr, h, j, k, kh, l, m, n, p, pr, q, r, s, sp, st, str, sv, t, th, v
Mid-word consonants
b, c, ct, cts, d, dr, ds, ff, g, h, j, k, l, ld, lj, ll, ls, m, mb, mpr, n, nc, ncl, nct, nd, ndr, ng, ns, nsh, nt, p, ph, pp, r, rc, rd, rld, rm, rn, rs, rt, s, sh, shv, sp, sq, st, t, tc, tr, v, x, z
Word final consonants
b, c, cts, d, ds, h, k, l, ld, ls, m, n, nd, ns, nt, r, rd, rld, rs, rt, s, st, t, v, x
Vowel inventory
/a aa ae ai au ay e ea ee ei eu i ie io iy o oi oo ou u ua ue ya ye yo/
Diphthongs
aa, ae, ai, au, ay, ea, ee, ei, eu, ie, io, iy, oi, oo, ou, ua, ue, ya, ye, yo
Phonological rules (in order of application)

• h → Ø / V_C
• h → q / _#
• s → n / #_
• j → ʧ / _V

Muanti IPA Vowel Chart

An IPA vowel chart for the Muanti language

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	Front	Near-​front	Central	Near-​back	Back
High	i				u
Near-high
High-mid		e			o
Mid
Low-mid
Near-Low
Low			a

Spelling Rules

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Pronunciation	Spelling
c	chj
j	y

Grammar

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Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique.
Example: "Tommy opened the door with a key" turns into Tommy opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix aimo /aiˈmo/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -cu Else: Suffix -ecu aimochyu /aiˈmocu/
Feminine	No affix aimo /ˈaimo/	Suffix -e aimoe /aiˈmoe/
Neuter	No affix aimo /aiˈmo/	Prefix e- eaimo /eaiˈmo/

Articles

Definite	soi /soi/ the
Indefinite	u /u/ a, some

Muanti Pronoun Rules

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1st_singular	yau /jau/ I, me
2nd_singular	ral /ral/ you
3rd_singular_masc	koul /koul/ he, him, it
3rd_singular_fem	yaim /jaim/ she, her, it
1st_plural_inclusive	loh /loh/ we, us (including you)
1st_plural_exclusive	ma /ma/ we, us (excluding you)
2nd_plural	ka /ka/ you (all)
3rd_plural_masc	main /main/ they, them (masculine)
3rd_plural_fem	mi /mi/ they, them (feminine)

Verb Rules

Verbs are conjugated depending on the gender of the doer of the verb.

	Present	Past
Masculine	Suffix -ouns yaimouns /ˈjaimouns/	Suffix -a yaima /jaiˈma/
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -keu Else: Suffix -ukeu yaimukeu /jaimuˈkeu/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -dou Else: Suffix -iodou yaimiodou /jaimioˈdou/
Neuter	Prefix au- auyaim /ˈaujaim/	Prefix sai- saiyaim /saiˈjaim/

Future tense is indicated with the particle:

Future particle

eis /eis/ future tense particle

Derivational morphology

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Adjective → noun = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tiy-
Noun → adjective = Prefix dya-
Noun → verb = Prefix ou-
Verb → noun = If starts with vowel: Prefix euj-
Else: Prefix eujau-
Verb → adjective = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix sai-
Adjective → verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix na-
Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix acts-
Else: Prefix actsoi-
One who Xs (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tio-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix o-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix jau-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix yaz-
Else: Prefix yazi-

Imperfective aspect

Ongoing actions, I am studying, and habitual actions, I study (every night), are indicated with the ‘imperfective’ affix:

Imperfect

Suffix -ik yaimik /ˈjaimik/

Vocabulary

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Contents

• Common Phrases
• Spelling Rules
• Grammar
• Verb Rule
• Morphology
• Vocabulary

Dictionary

4161 Words.

Common Phases

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aiyuam bastka
pronounciation /ahee-jyooam bahzdgah/
This is a generic phrase used for greetings and farewells. Literally translates to "Kind Stars".

fin

pronunciation /feen/
no (as an interjection)

bamie

pronunciation /bah-mee-eh/
yes

Spoken by

• Tiountyo