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Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 November 2025
| Messic Munntú | |
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| Pronounced: | [munː.tuː] |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Memphis (Country roughly corresponding to the northern half of Egypt) |
| Writing system: | Latin |
| Genealogy: | Proto-Germanic
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| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative |
| Basic word order: | Largely SVO |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Lumi |
| Created: | October, 2025 |
Messic (Autonym: Munntú [munː.tuː]) is the modern language of Memphis, it descends from (Classical) Memphisian, existing alongside Upper Memphisian (a minority language spoken in some areas in Southern Egypt). It is relatively divergent in some ways, mostly grammatically, especially the informal language, that will be covered below.
Etymology
"Munntú" comes from Classical Memphisian "Munhtųų", Middle Memphisian "munfatųgų", equivalent to "Munnz" ("Memphis"; From Classical Memphisian "Munhs", Middle Memphisian "Munf(s)", Coptic (Old Bohairic) "ⲙⲉⲛϥ") + "tú" ("Language"; From Classical Memphisian "tųų", Middle Memphisian "tųgų", Early Memphisian *tųgǫ, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ)
Grammar
Memphisian has two numbers, singular and plural, these are in nominals and verbs.
In nominals there are two genders (common and neuter) and 3 cases (nominative, object, genitive).
Nouns
Nouns have 5 patterns, these are determined by the ending.
Common a-stem (-(o)r)
This is easily the most common pattern.
| C a-stem | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | -(o)r | -or |
| Object | -e | -(o)r |
| Genitive | -s/-z | -ú |
Neuter a-stem (-)
This is the second most common.
| N a-stem | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | - | -u |
| Object | -e | -(o)r |
| Genitive | -s/-z | -ú |
Common consonant-stem (-s/-z)
| C c-stem | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | -s/-z | -or |
| Object | - | |
| Genitive | -s/-z | -ú |
Neuter consonant-stem (-ð)
The neuter consonant stem is exceedingly rare, only four words fit this pattern, and is very commonly merged with the neuter a-stem.
| N c-stem | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | -ð | |
| Object | -ð | -ðor |
| Genitive | -ðz | -ðú |
ú-stem (-ú)
| ú-stem | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | -ú | -ór |
| Object | -òn | |
| Genitive | -s/-z | -ú |
Verbs
Adjectives
Adjectives have significantly simplified from Proto-Germanic, largely from the dropping of the strong/weak distinction, but also from the collapse of all adjectives into one patten, the a-stem.
Adverbs
Adverbs always directly precede the verb, thus "he runs quickly" is rendered "(ijor) t'æwæm ręnd" (lit. "(he) quickly runs")
