Mavakhalan
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| Mavakhalan [ˈma.βa.xa.lan] | |
| Period | c. 1000 YP |
| Spoken in | Khalanu |
| Total speakers | c. 300,000 |
| Writing system | adapted Tjakori script |
| Classification | Edastean Dāiadak Khalanic Mavakhalan |
| Typology | |
| Basic word order | TVX |
| Morphology | fusional |
| Alignment | NOM-ACC |
| Credits | |
| Created by | Zhen Lin |
Mavakhalan (native: mavaxalan) was the language spoken in the city-state of Khalan (Mavakhalan: xalan, Adāta: khalanu) approximately 1000 years after the death of the prophet Zārakātias. It is a language of the Edastean family, descended from Adāta. The most defining phonological characteristic of Mavakhalan was a systematic ±palatal contrast in the consonantal system.
Genealogy
A descendant of Mavakhalan itself is Ājat he-Heloun.
Sample
- Źnaką, źmêjenaka jêv-žzakǫ xezor, ǫ-jêv-śjąžzaka aźnla akoxaðą, ǫ-jêv-śjênmêka azama ǫ-aþolǫ, rovʼ śjêś: Ilan rope jê ov-źnôpokoťja aśjênmezej, roirapê eze śjêžzakalaso rula ate-hêkǫ ila-ję.
- [ ˈʒna.kɑ̃ | ˈʒme.jɛ.na.ka jeβˈʒ̩.za.kɔ̃ ˈxɛ.zɔɹ | ɔ̃.jeβ.ʃɑ̃ˈʑ̩.za.ka aʒ.n̩ˈla aˈkɔ.xa.ðɑ̃ | ɔ̃.jeβ.ʃenˈme.ka aˈzɑ.ma ɔ̃.aˈθɔ.lɔ̃ | rɔβʲ ʃeʃ ‖ ˈi.lɑn rɔˈpɛ je ɔβ.ʒnoˈpɔ.kɔ.ʨa a.ʃenˈmɛ.zɛj | rɔiˈra.pe ˈɛ.zɛ ʃeˈʑ̩.za.ka.la.sɔ ˈru.la a.tɛˈhe.kɔ̃ ˈi.la.jɛ̃ ]
- Źnakan-NOM, live-PTCP-3SG ESS=king-ACC.SG great, and=ESS=DEF.ACC.SG-king-CONS GEN-DEF.ACC.SG-land-CONS GEN-Koxadh-ACC.SG, and=ESS=DEF.ACC.SG-brother-CONS GEN-sun-CONS and=GEN-moon-ACC.SG, IND-speak-HAB.SG thus: before IND-sit-HAB.SG 1SG.NOM ADESS=DEF.ACC.SG-throne-CONS GEN-DEF.ACC.SG-father-1SG ANTIBEN-sit-IMP.PL all DEF.NOM-kingdom-NOM.PL foreign INST=hostile DAT=1SG.ACC
(taken from the Tsinakan text)
See also
- Mavakhalan grammar
- Mavakhalan lexicon (CSV)
- Sound changes from Adāta to Mavakhalan
- Edastean languages