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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.


Stress: first long vowel, if no long vowel then initial
Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish


Middle Chinese ''-t'' > ''-r/-rr''
No initial clusters
==Todo==
==Todo==
''ngarkké'' = laurel
Proto *f v -> h?


''míllay'' = future
''yēni'' = laurel
 
==Phonology==
''mansé'' = "long live", "hurrah!"
[PAGENAME] has 22 consonants:
 
Sino numbers: ''laŋ, ir, yí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sir, ffér, kú, djif, djifir, djifyí, djifssám, djifssí, djifŋŋó, ...''
(''djifssám, djifssí'' often become ''djiffám, djiffí'')


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''


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''


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.
 
''Hánkkuk'' = Korea
 
''Tjúŋkkuk'' = China
 
''Njirffun'' = Japan
 
''Yurnnam'' = Vietnam
 
''Lláŋyé'' = Rangya
 
==Phonology==
==Orthography==
===Sino orthography===
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.


===''Rrómazzí''===
The consonants /ʔ h/ and ejectives can't be geminated.


==Sample texts==
==Morphology==
ttúŋttaŋ or béŋttaŋ = equal
===UDHR===
''Kkúff njínkaná fallayárr bbásjélla djíyúsjarratán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋsjarrah. Njínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéayurr saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.''


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


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]
===Verbs===


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.


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.
==Syntax==


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.

Latest revision as of 07:17, 31 August 2018

Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish

Todo

Proto *f v -> h?

yēni = laurel

Phonology

[PAGENAME] has 22 consonants:

/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n

/s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y

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.

The consonants /ʔ h/ and ejectives can't be geminated.

Morphology

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:

  • nominative
  • accusative
  • lative
  • ablative
  • locative
  • instrumental/comitative

Verbs

Verbs don't inflect for person or tense, but they have two forms: absolute and conjunct, used as in Old Irish.

Syntax

[PAGENAME] syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin.