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| '''Sésjall''' (''SAY-shul''; natively ''Sésjall-ŋó'' /s(ʲ)eːʃalˠ ŋ(ʲ)oː/ 'Sésjall language'; ''ŋó'' is from Middle Chinese 語) is a Sino-Xenic language spoken to the north of the Korean peninsula. It's inspired by Irish, Arabic and Farsi.
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| Stress: first long vowel, if no long vowel then initial
| | Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish |
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| Middle Chinese ''-t'' > ''-r/-rr''
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| No initial clusters
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| ==Todo== | | ==Todo== |
| ''ngarkké'' = laurel
| | Proto *f v -> h? |
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| ''míllay'' = future | | ''yēni'' = laurel |
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| ''mansé'' = "long live", "hurrah!"
| | [PAGENAME] has 22 consonants: |
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| Sino numbers: ''laŋ, ir, yí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sir, ffér, kú, djif, djifir, djifyí, djifssám, djifssí, djifŋŋó, ...''
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| (''djifssám, djifssí'' often become ''djiffám, djiffí'')
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| 100: ppak /pˠak/
| | /p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n'' |
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| 1000: sin /s(ʲ)ɪn/
| | /s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ ''s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y'' |
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| 10000: man /man/
| | Verapamil non-ejective stops ''p t k b d g'' become spirants, written ''φ θ χ β δ γ'' respectively, when after a vowel and not geminated. This process is similar to Hebrew begadkefat, and some dialects even lenite ''m n r'' to /w̃ ð̃ ɾ/ in addition. |
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| ''Hánkkuk'' = Korea | |
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| ''Tjúŋkkuk'' = China | |
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| ''Njirffun'' = Japan
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| ''Yurnnam'' = Vietnam
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| ''Lláŋyé'' = Rangya
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| ==Phonology==
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| ==Orthography==
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| ===Sino orthography===
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| Sésjall is written in a mixture of native, phonetic characters (in which each character represents one morpheme and encodes the phonetics) and ''Xxánzzí'', or Chinese characters, for Sinoxenic loans.
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| ===''Rrómazzí''===
| | The consonants /ʔ h/ and ejectives can't be geminated. |
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| ==Sample texts== | | ==Morphology== |
| ttúŋttaŋ or béŋttaŋ = equal
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| ===UDHR===
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| ''Kkúff njínkaná fallayárr bbásjélla djíyúsjarratán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋsjarrah. Njínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéayurr saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.''
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| TRANSCRIPTION:
| | Nouns in [PAGENAME] come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions: |
| Phonemic: /qu:fˠ ɲi:nʲkʲana: fʲalˠaja:rˠ bˠa:ʃe:lˠa dʒi:ju:ʃarˠata:n sˠunʲŋe:mʲitʃi ginʲlʲi:χa tʃurʲdʲih tˠu:ɴtˠaŋʃarˠah. ɲi:nʲkʲana: lʲiʃaŋʲitʃi lʲa:ŋʲsʲimʲe: dʲaχtˠo:bʲatʲa:n, o:zˠa:higʲidʲ xe:ŋdʲe:ajurˠ sʲaŋzʲi:nʲu:lʲ haŋˠdˠuŋkadʲaxsʲ dʒaqah/
| | *nominative |
| | *accusative |
| | *lative |
| | *ablative |
| | *locative |
| | *instrumental/comitative |
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| Phonetic: [qu:fˠ 'ɲi:nʲkʲɛnæ: fʲalˠə'jæ:rˠ 'bˠɑ:ʃe:lˠə 'dʒi:ju:ʃærˠɑtæ:n sˠʊn'ŋe:mʲitʃi gʲinʲ'lʲi:χə 'tʃurʲdʲɪh 'tˠu:ɴtˠɑŋʃærˠɑh. 'ɲi:nʲkʲɛnæ: 'lʲiʃæŋʲɪtʃɪ 'lʲæ:ŋsʲɪmʲe: dʲæχ'tˠo:bʲɛtæ:n, 'o:zˠɑ:hɪgʲɪdʲ 'xe:ŋdʲe:jæjurˠ sʲæŋ'zʲi:nʲu:lʲ 'hæŋˠdˠʊŋkædʲaxsʲ 'dʒæqɑh]
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| GLOSS:
| | Verbs don't inflect for person or tense, but they have two forms: absolute and conjunct, used as in Old Irish. |
| kkúff njínkan-á fallay-árr bbásj-élla djíyú-sjarra-tán ssunŋém-itji ginlí-xxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋ-sjarr-ah. Njínkan-á lisjaŋ-itji láŋsim-é daxxtt-óba-tán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéáy-urr saŋzín-úl haŋddúŋ-kad-axs djakk-ah.
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| all human-TOP be_born-ATTR time-from free-STAT-CONJ dignity-and right-DAT fasten-PASS.NOMZ [= i.e. concerning] equal-STAT-PRES. human-TOP rationality-and conscience-ACC receive-PST-CONJ mutually brotherly_love-GEN spirit-INST act-do-only_if become-PRES.
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| One accent: [ku:ʍ ɳi:ɲcɛnʲæ: fʲɛɫɔja:rˠ ba:ʂə:ɫɑ ɖʐɨ:jʉ:ʂɜɾˠɑ:n sˠʊnɲe:mʲɪʈʂʊ ɟɪnʲlʲi:χ:ɔ ʈʂʊrʲdʲɪh tˠu:ŋtˠɔŋʂɜɾˠɔh]
| | [PAGENAME] syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin. |