Meʼen language

Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Ethiopia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meʼen (also Mekan, Mieʼen, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic[2]) spoken in Ethiopia by the Meʼen people. In recent years, it has been written with the Geʽez alphabet, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).

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Meʼen and Kwegu are unique among Surmic languages in that they have ejective consonants.

Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, often contradicting Carlo Conti Rossini's work, the editing of the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.

Phonology

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Consonants[3]
Bilabial Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ
ejective tʃʼ
implosive ɓ ɗ
Fricative voiceless (f) s ʃ h
voiced z
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic ɾ
Glide w l j
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/p/ can be realized as a fricative [f] in initial and medial positions.

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/i, u/ can have lax variants as [ɪ, ʊ].

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