Sishami

Sishami
Created by	Melinoë
Date	June 9th, 2026
Native to	Armenia: Lori, Tavush Georgia: Kvemo Kartli Azerbaijan: Gazakh, Aghstafa, Tovuz
Ethnicity	Sishamis
Language family	Indo-European Para-Germanic Chlesamnic High Polovic languages Sishami
Early forms	Proto-Chlesamnic Old Thadic Sishami

Sishami is a Chlesamnic language of the High Polovic branch spoken at the intersection of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, though it is entirely unintelligible with Caucasian Polovic.

Etymology

The English name is from Ottoman Turkish /sɯʃɑ(ː)ˈmɯd͡ʒɑ/, from /sɯʃɑ(ː)ˈmɯ/, from Persian /siʃaːˈmiː/, which is from Old Sishami Օսըշահմմը (Ōsəšahmmə), which is a compound of օսըմ (ōsəm) ("lip") + -(ը)շահմ (-(ə)šahm) (abstract noun affix)+ -մը (-mə) ("our").

Phonology

Consonants

		labial	alveolar	palatal	velar
nasal		m ⟨մ⟩	n ⟨ն⟩
stop	unvoiced	p ⟨պ⟩	t ⟨տ⟩	t͡ʃ ⟨ճ⟩	k ⟨ի⟩
	aspirated	pʰ ⟨փ⟩	tʰ ⟨թ⟩	t͡ʃʰ ⟨չ⟩	kʰ ⟨ք⟩
	voiced	b ⟨բ⟩	d ⟨դ⟩	d͡ʒ ⟨ջ⟩	g ⟨գ⟩
fricative	unvoiced	f ⟨ֆ⟩	s ⟨ս⟩	ʃ ⟨շ⟩	x ⟨խ⟩
	voiced	v ⟨վ⟩	z ⟨զ⟩	ʒ ⟨ժ⟩	ɣ ⟨ղ⟩
approximant			l ⟨լ⟩	j ⟨յ⟩
trill			r ⟨ռ⟩
tap			ɾ ⟨ր⟩

Vowels

	front				central		back
	unround		round
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i ⟨ի⟩	iː ⟨իհ⟩	y ⟨իւ⟩	yː ⟨իւհ⟩			u ⟨ու⟩	uː ⟨ուհ⟩
Mid-high	e ⟨է⟩	eː ⟨էհ⟩	ø ⟨էւ⟩	øː ⟨էւհ⟩	ə ⟨ը⟩¹	əː ⟨ըհ⟩¹	o ⟨օ⟩	oː ⟨օհ⟩
Mid-low	ɛ ⟨ե⟩	ɛː ⟨եհ⟩	œ ⟨եւ⟩	œː ⟨եւհ⟩			ɔ ⟨ո⟩	ɔː ⟨ոհ⟩
Low							ɑ ⟨ա⟩	ɑː ⟨ահ⟩

1. The Georgian dialect often deletes /ə/ and turns /əː/ into /o/.

Morphology

Nouns

Sishami nouns decline on several categories, those being case, number, possessor, and (some nouns) animacy.

ə-stem, animate endings

	singular	plural
nominative	֊ը -ə	֊ընե -əne
accusative	֊ըմ -əm	֊ընեմ -ənem
allative	֊ըհռ -əhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ənehṙ
genitive	֊ուտ -ut	֊ընիւտ -əniwt
ablative	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ənayč
dative	֊ըհ -əh	֊ընեհ -əneh
instrumental	֊ու -u	֊ընիւ -əniw
comitative	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ənewm

ə-stem, animate

	վիլֆը (vilfə)		ը (ə)		ը (ə)
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	վիլֆը vilfə	վիլֆընե vilfəne	֊ը -ə	֊ընե -əne	֊ը -ə	֊ընե -əne
accusative	վիլֆըմ vilfəm	վիլֆընեմ vilfənem	֊ըմ -əm	֊ընեմ -ənem	֊ըմ -əm	֊ընեմ -ənem
allative	վիլֆըհռ vilfəhṙ	վիլֆընեհռ vilfənehṙ	֊ըհռ -əhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ənehṙ	֊ըհռ -əhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ənehṙ
genitive	վիլֆուտ vilfut	վիլֆընիւտ vilfəniwt	֊ուտ -ut	֊ընիւտ -əniwt	֊ուտ -ut	֊ընիւտ -əniwt
ablative	վիլֆիճ vilfič	վիլֆընայճ vilfənayč	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ənayč	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ənayč
dative	վիլֆըհ vilfəh	վիլֆընեհ vilfəneh	֊ըհ -əh	֊ընեհ -əneh	֊ըհ -əh	֊ընեհ -əneh
instrumental	վիլֆու vilfu	վիլֆընիւ vilfəniw	֊ու -u	֊ընիւ -əniw	֊ու -u	֊ընիւ -əniw
comitative	վիլֆոմ vilfom	վիլֆընեւմ vilfənewm	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ənewm	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ənewm