User:Praimhín/Old Irish-Semitic inspired conlang

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Séd (sayd; natively Séd-ŋó /s(ʲ)eːd(ʲ) ŋ(ʲ)oː/ 'Séd language'; in Xxánzzí /χɑːnˠzˠiː/, or Chinese characters: Séd-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

Sino numbers: laŋ, ir, njí, ssám, ssí, ŋŋó, lúk, sir, ffér, kú, djif

Hánkkuk = Korea

Tjúŋkkuk = China

Njirffun = Japan

Yurnnam = Vietnam

Lláŋyé = Rangya

Phonology

Orthography

Sino orthography

Séd is written in a mixture of native, phonetic characters (in which each morpheme is written as one character that encodes the phonetics) and Xxánzzí, or Chinese characters, for Sinoxenic loans.

Rrómmazzí

Sample texts

ttúŋttaŋ or béŋttaŋ = equal

UDHR

Kkúff njínkaná fallayárr bbásjélla djíyúsjarratán ssunŋémitji ginlíxxa tjurdih ttúŋttaŋsjarrah. Njínkaná lisjaŋitji láŋsimé daxxttóbatán, ózzáhigid xéŋdéáyurr saŋzínúl haŋddúŋkadaxs djakkah.

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