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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

Middle Chinese -t > -l/-ll

No initial clusters

Todo

ngalkké = laurel

míllay = future

mansé = "long live", "hurrah!"

Sino numbers: laŋ, il, yí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sil, ffél, kú, djif, djifil, djifyí, djifssám, djifssí, djifŋŋó, ... (djifssám, djifssí often become djiffám, djiffí)

100: xxak /χak/

1000: sin /s(ʲ)ɪn/

10000: man /man/

Tjúŋkkuk = China

Yilffun = Japan

Yulnnam = Vietnam

Lláŋyé = Rangya

Phonology

Old Sésjall had many complicated clusters such as pt, tpx-.

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.

Sample texts

ttúŋttaŋ or béŋttaŋ = equal

UDHR

Kkúff yínkaná fallayáll bbásjélla djíyúzjallatán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjuldih ttúŋttaŋzjallah. Yínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéayull saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.

TRANSCRIPTION: Phonemic: /qu:fˠ ji:nʲkʲana: fʲalˠaja:rˠ bˠa:ʃe:lˠa dʒi:ju:ʃarˠata:n sˠunʲŋe:mʲitʃi ginʲlʲi:χa tʃurʲdʲih tˠu:ɴtˠaŋʃarˠah. ji:nʲkʲana: lʲiʃaŋʲitʃi lʲa:ŋʲsʲimʲe: dʲaχtˠo:bʲatʲa:n, o:zˠa:higʲidʲ xe:ŋdʲe:ajurˠ sʲaŋzʲi:nʲu:lʲ haŋˠdˠuŋkadʲaxsʲ dʒaqah/

Phonetic: [qu:fˠ 'ɲi:nʲkʲɛnæ: fʲalˠə'jæ:rˠ 'bˠɑ:ʃe:lˠə 'dʒi:ju:ʃærˠɑtæ:n sˠʊn'ŋe:mʲitʃi gʲinʲ'lʲi:χə 'tʃurʲdʲɪh 'tˠu:ɴtˠɑŋʃærˠɑh. 'ji:nʲkʲɛnæ: 'lʲiʃæŋʲɪtʃɪ 'lʲæ:ŋsʲɪmʲe: dʲæχ'tˠo:bʲɛtæ:n, 'o:zˠɑ:hɪgʲɪdʲ 'xe:ŋdʲe:jæjurˠ sʲæŋ'zʲi:nʲu:lʲ 'hæŋˠdˠʊŋkædʲæxsʲ 'dʒæqɑh]

GLOSS: kkúff njínkan-á fallay-árr bbásj-élla djíyú-sjarra-tán ssunŋém-itji ginlí-xxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋ-sjarr-ah. Yínkan-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.

One accent: [ku:ʍ ɳi:ɲcɛnʲæ: fʲɛɫɔja:rˠ ba:ʂə:ɫɑ ɖʐɨ:jʉ:ʂɜɾˠɑ:n sˠʊnɲe:mʲɪʈʂʊ ɟɪnʲlʲi:χ:ɔ ʈʂʊrʲdʲɪh tˠu:ŋtˠɔŋʂɜɾˠɔh]