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Siészal (SAY-shəl; natively 洒乷語 Siészalŋió /ɕeːʂəlʲŋʲoː/, Mandarin: Xǐshàyǔ) is a Sino-Xenic language official in Lõis's Siészalkuk ([ɕeːʂəlˠkʊʔk] 洒乷國; our Japan and Korea). It's inspired by Irish, Arabic and Farsi.
Todo
ák = evil
ziólté = absolute; siáŋté = relative
hC clusters, Obstruent-obstruent clusters, no lC clusters
Sino-Siészal should be the most Irish/Thedish gibby part of Siészal
Dżúan-kióbah [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(ˠ) m(ˠ) f(ˠ) v(ˠ) t(ˠ) d(ˠ) n(ˠ) s(ˠ) z(ˠ) tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ k g ŋ x h w j l(ˠ)/
Initial /l(ˠ)/ is not allowed in native words.
Sieszal coda voiceless stops are not unreleased as in Korean. Instead they are preglottalized. Intervocallic or final /k/ may become [ʔ] in informal speech.
Vowels
a i/y u á í/ý ú é ó aj aw /æ~ɑ ɪ ʊ æ:~ɑ: i: u: e: o: aj aw/
Phonotactics
Siészal disallows initial consonant clusters. Word-final clusters are allowed, but rare.
Old Siészal had many complicated clusters such as pt, tpx-.
Stress
Stress: first long vowel in stem, if no long vowel in stem then 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, for Sinoxenic loans.
Liómazí
Sample texts
UDHR
Székiaj Jingión Siónŋian
Dié1(il) dió
Kúf jinkianá fialajád bászéla zýjúżalatián sunŋiamiczy giónlíxa czudih biaŋtaŋżalah. Jinkianá lisiaŋiczy liáŋsimé diatxóbatián, ózáhigidь fiéŋdiéajud siaŋżýnúlь haŋdúŋkiadaxs dżakah.
TRANSCRIPTION:
Phonemicː /quːfˠ jiːnʲkʲanaː fʲalˠajaːdˠ bˠaːʃeːlˠa dʒiːjuːʒalˠataːn sˠunʲŋeːmʲitʃi ginʲlʲiːχa tʃudʲih tˠuːɴtˠaŋʒalˠah. jiːnʲkʲanaː lʲiʃaŋʲitʃi lʲaːŋʲsʲimʲeː dʲatˠχoːbʲatʲaːn, oːzˠaːhigʲidʲ x feːŋdʲeːajudˠ sʲaŋʐiːnʲuːlʲ haŋˠdˠuːŋkadʲaxsʲ dʒaqah/
Phoneticː [quːfˠ ˈjiːnʲkʲɛnæː ˈfʲalˠəjæːdˠ ˈbˠɑːʃeːlˠə ˈziːjuːʒælˠɑtæːn sˠʊnˈŋeːmʲitʃi gʲinʲˈlʲiːχə ˈtʃdʲɪh ˈtˠuːɴtˠɑŋʒælˠɑh. ˈjiːnʲkʲɛnæː ˈlʲiʃæŋʲɪtʃɪ ˈlʲæːŋsʲɪmʲeː dʲætˠˈχoːbʲɛtæːn, ˈoːzˠɑːhɪgʲɪdʲ ˈxeːŋdʲeːjæjudˠ sʲæŋˈʐɨːnuːlʲ hæŋˠˈdˠuːŋkædʲæxsʲ ˈdʒæqɑh]
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.
One accent: [kuːʍ ɳiːɲcɛnʲæː fʲɛɫɔjaːrˠ baːʂəːɫɑ ɖʐɨːjʉːʂɜɾˠɑːn sˠʊnɲeːmʲɪʈʂʊ ɟɪnʲlʲiːχːɔ ʈʂʊrʲdʲɪh tˠuːŋtˠɔŋʂɜɾˠɔh]