Mikasuki Mikasuki is a Muskogean language spoken by about 500 people in southern Florida. The majority of speakers are members of the Miccosukee tribe, and also by some members of the Seminole tribe. The language is also know as Muskogee or Miccosukee. Mikasuki alphabet Mikasuki is a tonal language with three tones. The high tone…
Míkmaq (Míkmawísimk) Míkmaq is an Algonquian language with about 8,000 speakers in Canada and the USA, mainly in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but also in Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Maine. The Míkmaq called themselves L’nu’k (the people) and their language L’nui’sin. The word Míkmaq comes from their word nikmaq, meaning “my kin-friends.”…
Mingrelian (მარგალური ნინა) Mingrelian is a South Caucasian language spoken in north-western Georgia by perhaps half a million people. The language, which is also known as Megrelian or Iverian, is spoken in the region of Samegrelo (Mingrelia) in Western Georgia and in the Republic of Abkhazia. It is closely related to Laz, and more distantly…
Min (闽语 [閩語]) Min varieties of Chinese are spoken by some 75 million people mainly in Fujian province (福建省) in China, and also in parts of Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangxi (江西), Guangdong (广东), Hainan (海南) and Guangxi (广西), as well as in Taiwan (臺灣) and Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Burma and other parts…
Mirandese (lhéngua mirandesa) Mirandese is a Romance language closely related to Asturian spoken in northern Portugal by about 10,000 people. A further 5,000 or so people speak Mirandese occasionally. The majority of Mirandese speakers live in villages in the municipality of Miranda do Douro, and also in some villages in Vimioso, Mogadouro and Bragança. Mirandese…
Modi alphabet Origin The Modi alphabet was invented during the 17th century to write the Marathi language of Maharashtra. It is a variant of the Devanāgarī alphabet. The Modi alphabet was used until 1950 when it was replaced by the Devanāgarī alphabet. Notable features Modi is a syllabic alphabet – each letter has an…
Mohawk (Kanien’keha) Mohawk is an Iroquoian language with about 3,350 speakers, most of whom are elderly, though there are younger speakers in some areas. There are six Mohawk-speaking communities: Tyendinaga, Wáhta, and Ohswé:ken in Ontario; Kahnawà:ke and Kanehsatà:ke in Quebec, and Ahkwesáhsne in Quebec, Ontario and New York State. The native name for the Mohawk…
Moj alphabet Moj is the alphabetic representation of the Qatama language. Moj and the Qatama conlang were invented by Carl Buck for use in his conworld, Qatama. It was first created in mid 1999 and has slowly developed to its current form. Notable features Moj is written from left to right in horizontal lines,…
Moksha (мокшень кяль) Moksha is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by about half a milllion people in the Republic of Mordovia, and other parts of the Russia Federation. There are also Moksha speakers in Armenia and the USA. Moksha and Erzya (Эрзянь кель), a closely related though mutually unintelligible language, are collectively known as Mordvin. These languages…
Moldovan (limba moldovenească / лимба молдовеняскэ) There is much debate about whether Moldovan is a dialect of Romanian, or a separate language. As far as linguists are concerned, Moldovan and Romanian are the same, or are closely-related, mutually intelligible dialects of the same language. According to Wikipedia, Moldovan is the official name for the Romanian…
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