Asụsụ Mày

Mày
Spoken in:	Vietnam
Total speakers:	600
Language family:	Tustrusyawit  Vietic   Chut    Mày
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	—
ISO 639-3:	—

Mày bụ asụsụ Vietic nke ndị May bi na mpaghara Minh Hóa, mpaghara Quảng Bình, Central Vietnam na-asụ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ụyọkọ asụsụ Cheut, nke sitere na ngalaba Vietic nke ezinụlọ Austroasiatic . Ebe ọ bụ naanị ọtụtụ narị ndị na-asụ asụsụ, Mee bụ asụsụ nwere oke egwu, nwere naanị ihe dị ka ọkara nke ọnụ ọgụgụ agbụrụ e mere atụmatụ nke mmadụ 1,228 nwere ike ịsụ asụsụ ahụ.

fonology

Ka phonology chekwa ọtụtụ atụmatụ ochie. Nhazi okwu bụ sesquisyllabic. Njirimara ụda olu pụrụ iche na Mee gụnyere coda -ɽ, nke sitere na proto-Vietic * -s, nke guzo n'azụ consonant nucleus, n'ụzọ dị iche na ikpeazụ -l/-h/-i̯ dị n'ọtụtụ asụsụ Vietic ndị ọzọ.

May Consonants (Babaev & Samarina 2021):

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveopalatal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Ihu imi		m	n			ɲ	ŋ
N'akụkụ			l
ọkara ụdaume						i̯~i̯̥	u̯
Akwụsịla / flaapu				ɽ
Ihe mgbagwoju anya	larịị	p	t	ʈ		c	k	ʔ
	achọsi ike	pʰ	tʰ				kʰ
Na-adịghị mma		ɓ	ɗ			ʄ
Nke na-ese okwu	enweghị olu			ʂ	ɕ			h
	kwuputara	β			ʑ		ɣ

Udaume May (Babaev & Samarina 2021):

Udaume

		N'ihu	Central	Azu
Mechie	ogologo	i	ɯ	u
	nkenke	ǐ	ɯ̌	ǔ
N'etiti etiti	ogologo	e	ɤ	o
	nkenke	ọ	ɤ̌	ǒ
N'etiti	ogologo	ɛ		ɔ
	nkenke	ɛ̌		ɔ̌
Mepee	ogologo		a
	nkenke		ǎ
Diphthong		[ya bụ]	[ɯɤ]	[uo]

Na "di-syllables" ma ọ bụ sesquisyllables, ụda olu na-arị elu; Mpịakọta nke mbụ / mora bụ obere ma na-ebelata ụdaume ya ogologo ebe ụdaume nke abụọ na-abụkarị nke siri ike ma na-emesi ike.

May prosodic bi-syllable words and Vietnamese correspondences

gloss	May	(orthographic) Vietnamese	(IPA) Vietnamese
Nouns
deer	kaɗi1	nai	nai̯1
chicken	taka1	gà	ɣa2
sunlight	kaɽaŋ1	nắng	năŋ5
farbic	kupal3	vải	vai̯3
sickle	muɽa̤4	rựa	zɯɤ6
bitter melon	muɽaʔ3	mướp	mɨəp5
yeast	tama̤4	–	–
ancient time	tane1	–	–
king	tapuo1	vua	vuɤ1
Transitive verbs
to lead/guide	haʑɛt3	dắt	zăt5
to owe	panɯ4	nợ	nɤ6
to put	patɤ̆t4	đặt	ɗăt6
to pickle, marinate	taɓɔi̯3	muối	muɤi̯5
to lull	kaɽu1	ru	zu1
Intransitive verbs
to dance	kumɤ3	múa	muɤ5
to rise	paleŋ1	lên	len1
to cross	paŋaŋ1	ngang	ŋaŋ1

Ọmụmụ ihe ọmụmụ

Nkpọaha

Nwere ike nnochiaha na-enwekarị ụdị dị mkpụmkpụ na-enweghị ʔa . Ha dị iche na syntactically. Ụdị zuru ezu na-eji ọrụ isiokwu/onye nnọchi anya n'ime akpaokwu ngwaa na-agbanwe agbanwe nke dị na mmalite zuru oke nke nkebi ahịrịokwu na ọrụ ihe kpọmkwem mgbe ngwaa gafere. A na-eji ụdị dị mkpụmkpụ ahụ egosipụta ihe owuwu nwere na aha ụbọchị ọmụmụ/ihe bara uru.

Nkpọaha nkeonwe

		Otu	Abụọ		Ọtụtụ	Izugbe
			Nanị	Na-agụnye	Nanị	Na-agụnye
Onye mbụ		[ʔa]ho	[ʔa]ɲal	[ʔa]tɛ	[ta]pa, tupa	[ʔa]meŋ, [ʔa]miŋ
Onye nke abụọ		[ʔ]mi	[ʔa]mal		agba
Onye nke atọ		[ʔa] hụ	[ʔa]ɽɛ̤m		[ʔa]pa

Mwepụta okwu na ọrụ syntactic

Mee nwere obere ngwa ngwa nke affixes na clitics. Ụfọdụ clitics morpheme nwere ike ịnabata ọtụtụ ọrụ enwere ike ịmata naanị site na gburugburu.

• Ntughari pa-
• Ịkpọ aha pV-, ʔa-, ʔu-, -Vn-, kV-, tV-, cV-
• Na-akwado ta-
• Pluralizing pa=
• Otu mu=, m̤=, ma=
• Dative-Oblique pa=
• Negation ku=
• Mkpa/Ihe kpatara ci=

Syntax

Dị ka asụsụ na-ekewapụ iche, Mee nwere ike iji naanị usoro okwu na ụmụ irighiri ihe. Ojiji nke clitics na affixes na-adịkarị oke ma ghara imebi nhazi nke ụtọ asụsụ. Usoro usoro okwu May bụ SVO. Usoro usoro okwu dị na nkebiokwu bụ SVP-OBL. Dabere n'okwu ọnụ, usoro usoro okwu nwere ike ịmalite ellipsis ma ọ bụrụ na okwu ahụ zuru oke nke onye na-ege ntị.   

Ntụaka

• Babaev (2021). in Sidwell: A Grammar of May: An Austroasiatic Language of Vietnam. Brill. ISBN 978-9-00446-108-6.