Old Sirrese
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| Old Sirrese | |
|---|---|
| 銀人話 (sirratōdata) | |
| Pronunciation | [sir.ra.toː.da.ta] |
| Created by | Melinoë |
| Date | June 13th, 2026 |
| Era | Spoken until the early 13th century, split off into Sirrese and (unnamed). |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Proto-Chlesamnic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sirr-pro |
Old Sirrese (Also Classical Sirresic; 銀人話 (sirratōdata), /sir.ra.toː.da.ta/) was a Chlesamnic language spoken in the Manchurian plains until the early 13th century, when it split into Sirrese and (unnamed). Old Sirrese was mainly written in Chinese characters, but saw some use of the Old Uyghur script, as well as the Mongolian script late in its life.
Old Sirrese is of great interest to Chlesamnic linguists, as it is seemingly rather conservative in many aspects, compare reconstructed Proto-Chlesamnic *wánhas/*wánham to Old Sirrese *wanna, Ancient Tevvic vagga, Old Thadic wěnxę̌, and Old Low Polovic vǫžǫ.
Phonology
Consonants
| labial | alveolar | palatal | velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ) | |
| plosive | unvoiced | p | t | c | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
| fricative | unvoiced | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | z | ʒ | |||
| affricate | unvoiced | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | |||
| approximant | w | r, l | j | ||
Vowels
| front | back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | |
| high | i | iː | u | uː |
| mid | e | eː | o | oː |
| low | a | aː | ||
This inventory is in so-called "Old Proper Sirrese", but in Late Old Sirrese this inventory also includes /y(ː), ø(ː)/, these coming from older /wi(ː), we(ː)/ (see twē to tȫ)