Eadlan

Siészal/Thedish

Siészal (SAY-shəl; natively 洒乷語 Siészalŋió /ɕeːʂəlʲŋʲoː/, Xeno-Mandarin: Xishayu) is a Sino-Xenic language official in Lõis's Siészalkuk ([ɕeːʂəlˠkʊʔk] 洒乷國; our Northeastern China, Japan and Korea). It's inspired by Irish, Arabic, Farsi and Hungarian.

Its vocabulary is mainly native, with much more Sino-Siészal vocabulary in formal language. It also has some Khuamnisht words, mainly for Buddhism.

Todo

always use the japanese sino words

Háliŋí száxýczik fiógalak = We live in a society

altón = a kind of fish

zýmó = island ( ~ Japanese shima, Korean seom)

ák = evil

ziólté = absolute; siáŋté = relative

hC clusters, Obstruent-obstruent clusters predominant

Sino-Siészal should be the most Irish/Thedish gibby part of Siészal

Dżúan-kióbak [lit. "accept-favor"] = Thank you (polite)

imjáŋ = yin and yang

ŋiólkié = laurel

mílaj = future

miansié [mænʲˈsʲeː] = "long live", "hurrah!"

Sino numbers: liaŋ, il, jí, sám, sý, ŋó, liúk, sil, fél, kiú, dżyf, dżyfil, dżyfjí, dżyfsám, dżyfsý, dżyfŋó, ... (dżyfsám, dżyfsý often become dżyfám, dżyfý)

100: fiaŋ

1000: sin /s(ʲ)ɪn/

10000: mian /man/

Czúŋkuk = China

Jólnam = Vietnam

ŋianŋió = language

jaŋŋió? = English

Sino word etymologies

Székiaj Jingión Siónŋian < ɕiᴇi kˠɛi ȵiɪn ɡˠiuᴇn siuᴇn ŋɨɐn

Dié-1(il)-dió < dei ʔiɪt deu

jínkian < ȵiɪn kˠɛn

zýjú < d͡ziɪ jɨu

sunŋiam < t͡suən ŋɨɐm

giónlí < ɡˠiuᴇn liɪ

biaŋtaŋ < bˠiæŋ təŋ

lisiaŋ < lɨ siᴇŋ

liáŋsim < lɨɐŋ siɪm

fiéŋdiéaj < hˠwiæŋ dei ʔʌi

siaŋżýn < t͡siᴇŋ ʑiɪn

hyŋdúŋ < ɦˠæŋ duŋ

imŋiák < ʔˠiɪm ŋˠʌk̚

imŋiáktik = musical

-tik < tɛk̚

Sé Túŋ-Pin from t͡sʰuoi tuwng piIn

Diénfiénfiú ~ Dien Bien Phu

Túŋkiaŋ = capital of Siészalkuk?

Szantúŋ ~ Shandong

Any hard ý/é? any short i's?

Phonology

Consonants

b(i) m(i) f(i) v(i) t(i) d(i) n(i) s(i) z(i) cz dż sz ż k(i) g(i) ŋ(i) x(i) h w y l(i) /b(ʲ) m(ʲ) f(ʲ) v(ʲ) t(ʲ) d(ʲ) n(ʲ) s(ʲ) z(ʲ) tʂ dʐ ʂ ʐ~ɻ k(ʲ) g(ʲ) ŋ(ʲ) x(ʲ) h w j l(ˠ)/

Initial /l(ˠ)/ is not allowed in native words.

The distinction between hard and soft /n l/ are neutralized before retroflexes /tʂ, dʐ, ʂ, ʐ/; both are pronounced as apical [ɳ ɭ] before retroflexes.

Vowels

a i u á í/y ú é ó aj aw /æ~ɑ~ə ʲɪ~ʲə ʊ æ:~ɑ: i: u: e: o: aj aw/

Phonotactics

Siészal has several phonotactic limitations characteristic of "Altaic" languages:

• It disallows initial consonant clusters. (Word-final clusters are allowed, but rare.)
• It disallows initial /l(ʲ)/.

Stress

Stress is always initial.

Orthography

Sino orthography

Siészal is written in a mixture of Chinese-derived phonetic characters (in which each character represents one morpheme and encodes the phonetics) and Xánzý [xɑːnˠzˠɰiː], or Chinese characters. The phonetic characters are used for native vocabulary, particles, and non-Sinoxenic loanwords; Xánzý is used for Sinoxenic loans.

Grammar

Noun clitics

• -í = topic
• -dan/-din = "also"
• -ta/-ti = nom.
• -(u)d = genitive
• -(w/y)é = acc.
• -fý/-fí = loc. (Jp. e, Kor. -ro)
• -nak = dat. (Jp. ni, Kor. -e)
• -(w/y)álь = abl.
• -czy = conj./com.
• -(w/y)úlь = inst.
• -(a/i)áb = "up to, until"

Verbs

• present: -(w/j)ak (-wak after ó/u/ú, -jak after a/á/é/i/í, -ak after C)
  • 'lives': fiógak
  • 'does': tijak
• present progressive: participial form in -(a)n + "to be" clitic
  • fiógan żalak (often fióganlak)
  • tién żalak (often tiénlak)
• past tense: -búwak (old perfect)
  • fiógbúwak
  • tibúwak
• future tense: -áliak (old imperfect)
  • fiógáliak
  • táliak
• past conjunctive: old imperfect + conjunctive clitic -ék
  • fiógálék
  • tálék
• nonpast conjunctive: old perfect + conjunctive clitic -ték
  • fiógbuhték
  • tibuhték

Modal inflections

Similar to German and Japanese modal particles

• -ak > -abók = similarly to German ja or English you know how..., used to convey a fact the listener is expected to know.
• -ak > -agólak = to try doing
• -ak > -afczá = German eben or halt; expresses resignation, roughly 'whatcha gonna do?' or 'all right then'
• -ak > -bál = German doch, emphasis or w:mirativity

Relative clauses

Replace -ak with -ád or -nád

Sample texts

A biology abstract

Fun szylxiémí Bruchorium sponerciijud TSP3 júczansýjud xykxiaŋsiaŋ dżynxyk tidgóvud sukdówé kiésyktijak.

We [lit. The current experiments] measure the nucleating eukaryotic folding rate of the TSP3 gene in Bruchorium sponercii.

UDHR

Székiaj Jingión Siónŋian

Dié1(il) dió

Kúf jinkianá fialajnád bászálь zýjúżalatián sunŋimiczy giónlífý czudik biŋtaŋżalak. Jinkianá lisiŋiczy liáŋsímé diatxóbatián, ózáhigidь fiéŋdiéajud siŋżýnúlь hyŋdúŋkidaxs dżakak.

TRANSCRIPTION:

Phonemicː /kuːfˠ jiːnʲkʲanaː fʲalˠajnaːdˠ bˠaːʃeːlˠa dʒiːjuːʒalˠataːn sˠunʲŋeːmʲitʃi ginʲlʲiːχa tʃudʲik tˠuːɴtˠaŋʒalˠak. jiːnʲkʲanaː lʲiʃaŋʲitʃi lʲaːŋʲsʲimʲeː dʲatˠχoːbʲatʲaːn, oːzˠaːhigʲidʲ feːŋdʲeːajudˠ sʲaŋʐiːnuːlʲ hɨŋˠdˠuːŋkadʲaxsʲ dʒakak/

GLOSS:

kkúff yínkan-á fallay-ádd bbásj-élla djíyú-zjalla-tán ssunŋém-itji ginlí-xxa tjuld-ih ttúŋttaŋ-zjall-ah. Yínkan-á lisjaŋ-itji láŋsim-é daxxtt-óba-tán, ózzáh-igid xéŋdéáy-udd saŋzín-úl hyŋddúŋ-ka-daxs 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 mutual-ADV brotherly_love-GEN spirit-INST act-do-only_if go-PRES.

TRANSLATION: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 1

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.