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'''Séd''' (''sayd''; natively ''Séd-ŋó'' /s(ʲ)eːd(ʲ) ŋ(ʲ)oː/ 'Séd language'; in ''Xxánzzí'' /χɑːnˠzˠiː/, or Chinese characters: ''Séd''-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''
==Todo==
Proto *f v -> h?


No initial clusters
''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''


Sino numbers: ''laŋ, ir, njí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sir, ffér, kú, djif''
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
The consonants /ʔ h/ and ejectives can't be geminated.


''Tjúŋkkuk'' = China
==Morphology==


''Njirffun'' = Japan
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


''Yurnnam'' = Vietnam
===Verbs===


''Lláŋyé'' = Rangya
Verbs don't inflect for person or tense, but they have two forms: absolute and conjunct, used as in Old Irish.
==Phonology==
==Orthography==
===Sino orthography===
Séd is written in a mixture of native, phonetic characters (in which each morpheme is written as one character that encodes the phonetics) and ''Xxánzzí'' or Chinese characters for Sinoxenic loans.


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


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.

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