Matoran language

Matoran (Matoran: TBA; mātłorāska) is an Edgilian language spoken primarily in Matoranesia, where it considered the main official language. Matoran is spoken natively by around 40 million people, making it the most widely spoken language in the Edgillian family. It is the native language of the Matoran people and also spoken in parts of Aquaria and Neonia.

Unlike other Lhikenic languages of the Edgilian family, Matoran is spoken in northern Aritonesia due to Vicnora conquering the original land Matoran developed in (now part of Jazilan Fir). It retains the agglutinative features of similar languages in the family, like Vicnoran and Jazilan. It also features a number of labialized consonants.

Matoran is written in the Matoran alphabet, a script created in the 6th century AD consisting of different characters being written into circle shaped letters with different inscriptions on each character to indicate which consonant or vowel it represents.

Phonology
Matoran is typically noted for its extensive phonology, posessing many different phonemes.

Consonants
b d dz dʒ f h j k kʰ kʷ kʷʼ kʼ l m n p pʼ q qʷ qʷʼ qʼ r s t ts tɕ tɬ tɬʰ tɬʼ tʃ tʃʼ tʼ v w x xʷ z ð ŋ ɟ ɢ ɢʷ ɣ ɣʷ ɫ ɬ ɬʼ ɲ ɳ ʃ ʒ ʔ θ χ χʷ

Vowels
a aː ã e eː ẽ i iː ĩ o oː õ u uː ũ æ ɔ ɘ ə ɛ ɜ ɯ ʉ

Article
Matoran has definite articles represented by the prefix do-. It is written before the root word directly.

Example:


 * gwăxų - A shark
 * dogwăxų - The shark

The definitite article can also be used on verbs. When added, the adverb can represent "actually" or "really".

Example:


 * ķē pīxą - I like
 * ķē dopīxą - I actually like