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Ma Ba Pa Va: Typography and Orthography
Ma Ba Pa Va: Typography and Orthography
Ma Ba Pa Va: Typography and Orthography
· Consonants
left: romanization middle: hangulization right: cyrillization
· basic shapes
nasal stop stop, voiced stop, voiceless fricative / approximant unused bar proper names
labial ma ba pa va Fa
IPA /m/ /b/ /β/ /p/ /pʰ/ /ʋ/ /w/ /v/ /f/ /ɸ/
shape
transliteration m ㅁ м b ㅂ б p ㅍ п v ㅃ в f ㅍㅍ ф
bottom left
description ma mirrored stacked ba ba with left column ba with right column
quarter circle
coronal no do to so lo 1 Zo
IPA /n/ /d/ /ð/ /ɖ/ /t/ /tʰ/ /ʈ/ /ɖ/ /s/ /θ/ /ʃ/ /ɕ/ /l/ /ɾ/ /ɺ/ /ɻ/ /z/ /ʒ/
shape
transliteration n ㄴ н d ㄷ д t ㅌ т s ㅅ с, ш l ㄹ л z ㅈ з. ђ, ч
top left
description no mirrored stacked do do with left column do with right column to with left column
quarter circle
laryngeo-dorsal eñ ge ce he 2 Re
IPA /ŋ//ŋg/ /ɴ//ɴg/ /g/ /ɢ/ /k/ /kʰ/ /q/ /c/ /h/ /x/ /χ/ /ʁ/ /ʀ/ /ʁ/
shape
transliteration ñ, w ㅇ,ㆁ њ g ㄱ г c, k ㅋ к h, x ㅎ х, р r ㅉ ж
description full circle eñ atop half column stacked eñ eñ with left column eñ with right column
1
- lo may to the benefit of the speaker be treated as any voiced lateral
approximant or rhotic with a trill or flap quality, bar ʁ and its relatives
Notes 2–
he may to the benefit of the speaker be treated as any velar, uvular or
glottal (non-sibilant) fricative, generally voiceless
· Vowels
samampø samedamø samodolø samsamø
IPA /o/ /u/ /ʊ/ /ɔ/ /a/ /ɑ/ /ɔ/ /ɪ/ /e/ /ɛ/ /ə/
romanization o a e ', ø, ö
cyrillization о а э ь
hangulization ㅗ ㅏ ㅔ ㅡ
Side 1
Writing
description single dot long stroke two vertical dots short stroke
left: romanization middle: hangulization right: cyrillization · Graph regarding vowel diacritic position
· Diphthongs
o a e
o ô, u ㅜ oъ, у au ㅒ ao yo ㅛ ю, ё
IPA, initial /ʊo/ /u/
IPA, medial /ɑʊ/ /aʊ/ /jo/
/u/
IPA, final
for typing ó, ò á, à é, è
description two O's horizontally A over O E left of O
a ua ㅘ oa â, å ㅙ aъ ya ㅑ иa, я
IPA, initial
IPA, medial /ʊa/ /æ/ /aʔ/ /ja/ /jɑ/
IPA, final
for typing ô â ê
description O over A double A E over A
e oy ㅚ oи ay ㅐ aи ê, i ㅣ е, и
IPA, initial /ɔɪ/ /ʊɪ/ /jɛ/ /i/
IPA, medial /aɪ/ /ɑɪ/
/ɔɪ/ /oɪ/ /i/ /ɛɪ/ /jɛ/
IPA, final
for typing ö ä ë
circle
description O left of E A over E
(short for four dots)
· Phonology
· Phonology of consonants followed by diphthongs
/b/ /d/ /ð/ /ɖ/ /g/ /ɢ/ /ʋ/ /w/ /v/ /l/ /ɾ/ /ɺ/ /ɻ/
o+o /bu/ /bʋo/ /du/ /dʋo/ /gu/ /gʋo/ /ʋu/ /vʋo/ /lu/ /lʋo/ /ɬʊ/
o+a /bʋa/ /ʋa/ /dʋa/ /dʋa/ /gʋa/ /ʋa/ /lʋa/ /ɬʋa/
o+e /bɔj/ /dɔj/ /gɔj/ /ʋɔj/ /lɔj/
a+o /baʊ/ /baw/ /daʊ/ /daw/ /gaʊ/ /gaw/ /ʋaʊ/ /ʋaw/ /laʊ/ /law/
a+e /baj/ /daj/ /gaj/ /ʋaj/ /laj/
a+a /bæ/ /dæ/ /gæ/ /ʋæ/ /læ/
e+o /bjɔ/ /djɔ/ /dʒɔ/ /gjɔ/ /ɟɔ/ /fjɔ/ /ljɔ/ /ɬɔ/
e+a /bja/ /dja/ /dʒa/ /gja/ /ɟa/ /fja/ /lja/ /ɬa/
e+e /bi/ /bɛj/ /bjɛ/ /di/ /dɛj/ /dʒɛ/ /gi/ /gɛj/ /ɟɛ/ /ʋi/ /ʋɛj/ /fjɛ/ /li/ /lɛj/ /ɬɛ/
/p/ /t/ /ʈ/ /ɖ/ /k/ /q/ /c/ /s/ /θ/ /ʃ/ /ɕ/ /h/ /x/ /χ/ /ʁ/
o+o /pu/ /pwo/ /tu/ /two/ /ku/ /kwo/ /su/ /swo/ /xu/ /xwo/ /ʍo/
o+a /pwa/ /twa/ /tʋa/ /kwa/ /swa/ /xwa//ʍa//xʋa/
o+e /pɔj/ /tɔj/ /kɔj/ /sɔj/ /xɔj/
a+o /paʊ/ /paw/ /taʊ/ /taw/ /kaʊ/ /kaw/ /saʊ/ /saw/ /xaʊ/ /xaw/
a+e /paj/ /taj/ /kaj/ /saj/ /xaj/
a+a /pæ/ /tæ/ /kæ/ /sæ/ /xæ/
e+o /pjo/ /tjɔ//tʒɔ//tʃɔ//ty/ /kjɔ/ /ky/ /sjɔ/ /ʃɔ/ /sy/ /xjɔ/ /ɣɔ/
e+a /pja/ /tja/ /tʒa/ /tʃa/ /kja/ /kø/ /sja/ /ʃa/ /sø/ /xja/ /ɣa/ /xø/
e+e /pi/ /pɛj/ /pjɛ/ /ti/ /tɛj/ /tʃɛ/ /ki/ /kɛj/ /kjɛ/ /si/ /ʃi/ /sɛj/ /ʃɛ/ /xi/ /xɛj/ /ɣɛ/
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /ɴ/
o+o /mu/ /mʋo/ /nu/ /nʋo/ /ŋu/ /ɴʋo/
o+a /mʋa/ /nʋa/ /ŋʋa/
o+e /mɔj/ /nɔj/ /ŋɔj/
a+o /maʊ/ /maw/ /naʊ/ /naw/ /ŋaʊ/ /ŋaw/
a+e /maj/ /naj/ /ŋaj/
a+a /mæ/ /næ/ /ŋæ/
e+o /mjo/ /ɲo/ /ŋjo/ /ŋõ/
e+a /mja/ /ɲa/ /ŋja/ /ŋã/
e+e /mi/ /mɛj/ /mjɛ/ /ni/ /nɛj/ /ɲɛ/ /ŋi//ŋɛj//ŋjɛ//ŋɛ/ɛ
Side 2
Grammar
V = verb
S = subject/agent prp = preposition
N = noun
· legend O = direct object
prn = pronoun
prt = particle
I = indirect object må = tense marker prt
adj = adjective
· vowel drift å = harmonic vowel See the glossary or writing tabs for romanization and pronunciation guides
st
1 person 1st person 3rd person 3rd person 3rd person
· pronouns exclusive2 inclusive2 and general
2nd person
general proximal distal
(n)ê, o co, ca sê va vo
singular
I, me you she/he/they/it this one that one
· adjectivals structure
S (dO) V (iO)
Side 3
Glossary
prt: indicates ordinality or fractionality in cardinal numbers; -st, -nd, -rd, -th
'cês see also (cês*tes)
V: bend, curve, cause to be crooked
N: elbow; bend, curve
'ces*cuan A: bent, crooked, curved, curvy; not straight
Wkeskwan
G: (as N) smn or smth that sows or plants; a machine for such a purpose
'sua the cardinal numeral three (3) erekʿ, třȧɛ, trois, θri, se/sey
V:? fossilize
N: stone, rock, boulder, solid mineral aggregate of any size
aben A: rocky, stony, hard in texture
abun, bini
G: (as N) geologist
V: clothe, dress
adel N: clothes, attire, get-up (ʔa)dil-, ʔadil-
G: (as N) tailor, fashion designer, seamstress
V: 1) lower, cause to be low, reach or throw down, let descend, pull down, drop
2) [in] drop (oneself), fall to the ground or off some edge or ledge
adnâ N: bottom, valley, depression (in a surface) 'adnaa
A: low, down
adv/prp: under, underneath, beneath, below
V: drink, consume
N: water; (superlative) stille body of water, lake
agua (plural, superlative) ocean, sea agua, aqua, ak'w(h)a
A: wet
see also (lañca)
alo greeting; ”hello!” ”hi!” ”hey!” especially on the phone hello, hallo, aló
N: penis, phallus
as*c's A: penile, phallic, priapic
Askoks
V: knife, cut
N: knife, blade; edge of a blade
asal' A: (of an edge or blade) sharp
á:share
Side 4
Glossary
adverb:
vo +: there, va +: here, at this or that location
ayn* côco + : where, interrogative adverb
ayin
N: vagina
bolot' A: vaginal, yonic
Bloti
G: (as N) bleach
V: soak; steep
c*lenês N: spring (of water); water well; faucet
krenice
ca see (co)
Side 5
Glossary
the cardinal numeral four (4)
cad* see also (ehad*)
katër, quatre, katr, kat
G: (as N) fruit, specifically or ambiguously inedible, seed bearing structure of flowering plant
V: (mathematics) add
N: (mathematics) addition
ce conjunctive particle: and, also, as well as atqe, qe ye
adv: too, as well
ê ce: lit. ”I as well, I also,” meaning ”I agree”
prt: verb indicator, indicates active voice
cê see also (cô)
V: bite; chew, masticate
N: smth bitten, chewed, masticated or eaten; vomit
ceb*la A: bitten, chewed, masticated, eaten ķäbʔâ
G: (as N) a biting or chewing, (informal) dinner
(as V) (informal) eat, especially of an animal: (diminutive) little dinner; eucharist, holy communion
also (cês*têl)
see also (on*, ole, 'sua, ehad*, pem*, sês
sebad*, ocom*, nen*, des*, bet*)
G: (as N) reader; one who reads a book; (superlative) one who reads regularly; bookworm
prn: 2nd person; you
co also (ca)
prt: verb indicator, indicates passive voice
cô see also (cê)
V: be somewhere, have a (transient) location in space
N: object, item, thing
côba A: essential, necessary, inherent
kuba
Side 6
Glossary
V: marry
N: spouse, wife, husband, marriage
coh'nan A: married
kurənan
V: encircle, surround
N: circle, ring, diameter
colec* A: round; (superlative) vast körǝk
adj/adv: around, about, with regards to
G: (as N) wall, perimiter, that which surrounds; dimension or universe
V: die
N: death
côtêl* A: dead
qutil
G: (as A or N) dying
dela N: fox
V: speak a language
N: language, that which is spoken
denam*n A: linguistic jiǎng
(as N) linguistics
G: (as N) linguist
Side 7
Glossary
V: code, program
N: computer program, software, application, code
dosoma A: of or related to programming or software
má dustur
G: (as N) programmer
G: (as N) smth which makes smth this color; pigment or paint of this color
N: man, male
êlencôl A: male, masculine
ilenkul
g*valaban N: city
g*valem' N: village
also (geheb)
V: roll, tumble
N: ? smth which is rolled or tumbled
gono A: tumble-like, clumsy; nervous, embarrased
gun
Side 8
Glossary
V: make or cause to be or become liquid; melt
govâñ N: liquid
A: liquid
V: digest
N: 1) stomach, belly
lages 2) stomach, abdomen, digestive tract
Wlagzi
A: abdominal, digestive
V: stream, flow
lañca N: stream, river, brook, creek
lag-, lak-, la(n)Kwa
le see (lê)
prt: diminutive form marker; indicates diminutive in an adjective
lê also (le, l')
see also (bân, van, vôn)
V: be teenaged
N: teenager, teenaged being
mabeg* A: teenaged
mabaig(a)
G: (as N) puberty
Side 9
Glossary
V: 1) make (a) sound, sound like; (informal) chitchat, discuss
2) yell or shout at smn or about smth, bring attention to smth
3) [in] make noise, shout, yell, be noisy
melon N: sound, noise, racket, roar
mǝron
N: woman, female
nelat' A: feminine
nelata
nen* the cardinal numeral nine (9) h₁néwnm, nine, ni, nav, naoi
V: overlap
N: a mounted or placed party; overlap
noyñ* adv: in, at, on, by
muyi-, n2uŋ, knoŋ
prp: in, inside, inside of, on the inside of, at, on, by
prn: 1) 1st person; I, me
o 2) in plural (vê o) indicates exclusive 1st person plural; ”us, but not you (the listener)”
see also (ê, nê)
V: point, point out, point to or at; tell, remind (smn) of smth, indicate
ôcas'c* N: finger
Wkazak
V: detoxify
odoluac* N: kidney
Wdolloak
Side 10
Glossary
V: milk smth
onont' N: milk onón:ta
A: milky
N: 1) cream (of milk)
onontas 2) the best part of something onón:ta
A: creamy, (of a liquid) fatty
V: 1) breathe
2) bellow
N: 1) lung
ôpan'c* 2) bellow, pair of bellows
Wpanak
V: walk, move about, (superlative) run, jog; go, go somewhere; amble, ramble about
N: 1) foot; (superlative) leg
2) shoe
osed' A: like a foot; flat
Wzid
adv: while moving or traveling; on the way, on the go, on the road
G: (as N) runner, athlete
V: use, utilize,
pâne N: tool, instrument, implement
Pen (~ w-), phan
pas*ca N: the holiday of Easter; time of Easter, early spring pascha, påske
V: freeze, cool
N: 1) ice, snow
pegañ 2) coolant 冰 *p(r)ǝŋ, graŋ
A: cold, cool, freezing
G: (as N) freezer, refrigerator, cooler
the cardinal numeral five (5)
pem* see also (peñ*)
pénkʷe, πέμπε
pô prn: relative pronoun; who, the person that (did smth), the one who, whoever pûu
Side 11
Glossary
adv: made from, consisting of; expressing composition or substance
sa prt: possessive/genitive marker; indicates the genitive case in a noun
prp: from, of, out of, off of
V: break, destroy, crush
N: something broken or destroyed, ruin
sabal* A: broken, destroyed
sâbbär
V: be beautiful
N: beauty
sabôl A: beautiful
šappīr, bhy
V: measure; span
N: measurement, span
sacem A: wide, broad
saḳḳem
sagêl N: dog
sau prn: 1) 1st person, genitive/posessive: my, mine (sa + o); (plural) our, ours
sê prn: 3rd person, general; he, she, it, him, her, singular they
prp: (genitive, 1st person singular) my, mine
se o also (syo)
prp (genitive, 3rd person singular) (singular) their, theirs, his, her, hers
se va also (sua)
prp (genitive, 3rd person singular) (singular) their, theirs, his, her, hers
se vo also (s*vo)
sebad* the cardinal numeral seven (7) septḿm , *saptá, septem, seven
V: [in] be angry
N: anger
sebeb A: angry
sib-, sebib
V: live, be alive
N: person, human; humanity
sedêcau A: human, living, humane, soulful, spirited
Cau, sədiq
G: (as N) smth which makes smth this color; pigment or paint of this color
V: sweeten, make sweet, cause to be sweet
sêhet' N: sugar, sweetness otsikhé:ta
A: sweet, sugary
V: learn, be taught
N: teacher, mentor; counselor, term of respect for religious or spiritual leader
sela A: educating, useful to learn or know
siʔ
V: 1) hunt, chase
2) search for, look for; look into, investigate
N: 1) target, prey, object or item of desire
señel 2) search; investigation zingela
A: hunted, chased, persecuted, wanted (in a legal sense)
G: 1) (as N) hunter, predator
2) (as N) detective, investigator
sês* the cardinal numeral six (6) swéḱs, sex, seys, six, seks
Side 12
Glossary
V: leave, depart
N: departure
tenesa A: departing
tenesa
Side 13
Glossary
V: smile
uanauv' N: cheek (of the face of a human or animal) Wanaowa
A: happy, glad, satisfied
vâ prt: interjection; or
prt: positive form marker; indicates positive in an adjective
van see also (bân, vôn, lê)
V: want, wish for, hope for; intend, have intent to
N: want, ?need, wish, yearning, hope; intent, intention
vana A: ? needy, ? hopeful
want
V: hold, carry
N: hand; arm
vel*dê A: 1) strong, tough; sturdy, ardent Welji
2) hard working, industrious, diligent; active
G: (as N) bag, backpack, sack, pocket
V: listen, hear
N: 1) ear, inner ear
vôdaug' 2) (diminutive) cochlea; item of this shape; conc or seashell, house of a snail Wdawagw
A: audible; intelligible, understandable, clear or precise in content or conveyance
G: (as N) put,
V: place, hearing, auditory
lay, set down sensation
N: 1) earth, ground, planet, world, globe
vodoym 2) place, area, lot or plot of land, (metaphorically) home
(ʔa-)dVm(Vy)-, w/ʔVdVm-
A: homey,
N: cozy, ground
1) soil, earth, gezellig (Dutch)
volom 2) farm land ʔa-far-, puur-, hafur, ʔapar-
G: (as N) farmer, agriculturist
prt: comparative form marker; indicates comparative in an adjective
vôn see also (bân, van, lê)
adv: there, at that location at some distance
voyn* (vo + ayn*)
adv: 1) because
yañ 2) (+genitive) because of, due to
jod qid
Side 14
Glossary
Side 15