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MAKA
Maka or MAKA may refer to: * Maká, a Native American people in Paraguay ** Maká language, spoken by the Maká * Maka (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire * Maka, Biffeche, capital of the kingdom of Biffeche in pre-colonial Senegal * Maka Albarn, a character in the ''Soul Eater'' manga and anime series * Maka people, of Cameroon ** Makaa language, of Cameroon * Maka Obolashvili, Georgian track and field athlete * Maka village Maka Village is believed to be one of the oldest villages in the Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fif ..., in Pakistan * MAKA, a Spanish musician See also * Maca (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAKA
Maka or MAKA may refer to: * Maká, a Native American people in Paraguay ** Maká language, spoken by the Maká * Maka (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire * Maka, Biffeche, capital of the kingdom of Biffeche in pre-colonial Senegal * Maka Albarn, a character in the ''Soul Eater'' manga and anime series * Maka people, of Cameroon ** Makaa language, of Cameroon * Maka Obolashvili, Georgian track and field athlete * Maka village Maka Village is believed to be one of the oldest villages in the Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fif ..., in Pakistan * MAKA, a Spanish musician See also * Maca (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maká Language
Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1,500 speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción. Phonology Velar consonants alternate with palatal consonants before /e/ and sometimes before /a/. Examples include ~ "autumn" and ~ "stork". The palatal approximant /j/ is realised as a palatal fricative before /i/, as in ~ . Syllables in Maká may be of types V, VC, CV, CCV, and CCVC. When a consonant cluster appears at the beginning of a syllable, the second consonant must be /x/, /h/, /w/, or /j/. Morphology Nouns Gender Maká has two genders—masculine and feminine. The demonstratives reflect the gender of a noun (Gerzenstein 1995:153: In the plural the gender distinction is neutralized, and the plural demonstrative is the same as the feminine singular: Number Maká nouns inflect for plurality. There are several distinct plural endings: -l, -wi, Vts, and -Vy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maka (satrapy)
Maka ( peo, 𐎶𐎣 ''Maka-'') was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire and later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sassanian empires (known as Mazun), corresponding to Greek Gedrosia, in the barren coastal areas of modern Pakistan and Iranian Baluchistan. Alternatively, it may have corresponded to modern day Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman (see Magan). Maka was already a part of the Achaemenid Empire before Darius the Great came to power in 522 BC - it is mentioned in the Behistun inscription that it was already there when he inherited the throne. It is possible (because Cambyses and Smerdis are not known to have been there) that it was conquered by Cyrus the Great in 542 BC. He is known to have campaigned on the other side of the Persian Gulf (he seems to have lost most of his army in the Gedrosian Desert). It continued to be a satrapy until Alexander's conquests of Persia, at which point it became independent. According to Herodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
