Muzino

Language: The Muzino language has four levels of formality as well as two different dialects. The T'Clan dialect tends to be a 'purer' form of the language as it has less influence from foreign languages, especially Suoro or Bodovian. The Muzino phonetic set is as follows:Mu - M (m)Ush - U (oo)Zar - Z (z)Ish - I (ih or soft ee)Nur - N (n) sometimes a vowelOsh - O (oh, RnClan: soft or)Lar - L (l)Ash - A (ah)Ren - R (r, T'Clan: sharp r)Esh - E (eh)Shan - SH (sh)Yrb - Y (yuh, or ai)Ber - B (b)Kar - K (k)Gur - G (g like give)Var - V (v)Sel - S (s)Thesh or Tesh - TH/T (th like thick (not the) or T'Clan: t)Dur - D (d) (not common in T'Clan dialect)Pesh - P (p) (not common in T'Clan dialect)h is made by a line below the vowel that tells it is pronounced with an 'h' sound in front. In most T'Clan words h is use within a word, but not to begin one - instead they use U. i.e. hokep (hansom cab) in RnClan dialect = uokep in T'Clan.Ah|e is a hard h sound. (think jeweish h, as in Channukah)sz makes a soft j sound. (like in 'genre')Pronunciation guide examples:Muzin: MOO-zihn (moo like a cow; zin rhymes with 'in')Isham: EE-shawm (ee rhymes with 'me'; sham like in 'shaman')Kuszek: KOO-gehk (coo like a dove; g- like in 'genre', -ek like in 'check')Kuszamyn: koo-gah-meeyn (coo like a dove; g- like in 'genre', -a like 'a-ha'; mee like 'me', yn like yun with minimal vowel)
The Muzino language is highly important to the Muzina people and has become very versatile as it has maintained precedence over written language for thousands of years. Song, poetry, theatre and recitation are a huge part of social interactions.Naming is done is two parts: a given first name and a Clan prefixed family name. The family name is always the mother's family name, though if the child is of mixed Clan parentage, the Clan prefix always matches the child's Clan dominance. i.e. Ikosha, son of Maile RnPadish is a T' Clan on his father's side. His full name would be Ikosha T'Padish. Given names in Muzin go through phases of popularity in which you will have many people with the same name during a certain time period. Current common names for boys are: Zereth, Kathiz, Mirosh, Ralon, Teshor, Ishok, Yanum. For Girls: Alisha, Adonai, Iyala, Merine, Ruenne, Tythia, Myone, Azalyne, Shani, Ranni.
Category:Languages
Category:Muzin
Category:Eastern Continent