Séiseal/Music

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Séiseal/Music
Pradjuul
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Native speakers60 million (2200 v.C.)
Tie–Dye
  • Tie
    • Séiseal/Music

Séiseal/Music is a Wiebospheric classical language in the Tie family. It is intended to be a Khmer-like language with a palatalization distinction in consonants.

Numbers:

  • 1: tsan
  • 2: ʔay
  • 3: fuut
  • 4: kyùuʔ
  • 5: siŋ
  • 6: ŧjìit
  • 7: ktjèe
  • 8: tnuaʔ
  • 9: ŋjiat
  • 10: srjaat
  • 100: yiŋ

Phonology

Consonants

PTie *ɲ- > j word-initially, nʲ- otherwise if not word-final, -n word-final

Consonant phonemes of Pradjuul
Labial Alveolar "Click" Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. plain pal. plain pal. pal. plain plain pal.
Nasal m m mj n nj ŋ! ꞥj ŋ!ʲ ŋj ɲ ŋ ŋ
Stop plain p p pj t tj ŧ ! ŧj kj c k k ʔ ʔ ʔj ʔʲ
implosive b ɓ bj ɓʲ d ɗ dj ɗʲ
Affricate ts t̪͡s̪ tsj t͡sʲ
Fricative voiceless f f fj s sj sh ʃ shj ʃʲ xj, hj ç x x h h
voiced v v vj
Approximant l ɫ̪ lj y j
Trill r r rj

Allowed finals: p t k m n ng l r y w h ʔ /p t k m n ŋ ɫ̪ r j w h ʔ/

Vowels

i ʉ u e ɵ o a iː ʉː uː eː ɵː oː aː iə ʉə uə

(In Pradjuul > 'i 'u u i 'ə ə a 'iː 'uː uː iː 'əː aː 'aː 'iə 'uə uə)

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /ə/ ee /əː/
Open a /a/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs: ia ua /iə uə/

Register

A stressed vowel may be in the clear register or the breathy register. In this article the breathy register is marked with a grave accent: tsjàang /t͡sʲa̤ːŋ/ 'father'.