User:Praimhín/Old Irish-Semitic inspired conlang
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 > -r/-rr
No initial clusters
Todo
míllay = future
mansé = "long live", "hurrah!"
Sino numbers: laŋ, ir, njí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sir, ffér, kú, djif, djifir, djifnjí, djifssám, djifssí, djifŋŋó, ... (djifssám, djifssí often become djiffám, djiffí)
100: ppak /pˠak/
1000: sin /s(ʲ)ɪn/
10000: man /man/
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
Sample texts
ttúŋttaŋ or béŋttaŋ = equal
UDHR
Kkúff njínkaná fallayárr bbásjélla djíyúsjarratán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋsjarrah. Njínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéayurr saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Sésjall (formerly named Séd), a Sinosphere language with Altaic grammar and pharyngealized consonants.
Kkúff njínkaná fallayárr bbásjélla djíyúsjarratán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋsjarrah. Njínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéayurr saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.
TRANSCRIPTION: 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/
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]
GLOSS: 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.
One accent: [ku:ʍ ɳi:ɲcɛnʲæ: fʲɛɫɔja:rˠ ba:ʂə:ɫɑ ɖʐɨ:jʉ:ʂɜɾˠɑ:n sˠʊnɲe:mʲɪʈʂʊ ɟɪnʲlʲi:χ:ɔ ʈʂʊrʲdʲɪh tˠu:ŋtˠɔŋʂɜɾˠɔh]