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{{Infobox language
|name=Sesje
|family=Sesjan
|scripts=Sesje Script
|country=[[Amuj]]
|regulator=[[Casual Mitosis Collective]]
|number=6
|usage=Recordkeeping and signage
|lang-code=SJE
|demonym=Sesjen
|endonym=Sêêš [ˈsæːʃ]
|exonym=Sesje
}}

'''Sesje''' (natively: '''Esêêš Ooď''' [ˈɛ.sæːʃ oːʥ]) was a language spoken on the northern coast of the [[Amujan Sea]] and was an official language of [[North Amuj|The City State of Amuj]] until an announcement was made by [[CMC|the Kachbuches]] to replace it with [[Xadwg]].

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
'''Sesje''' has a total of 85 consonants.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" | !! Labial !! Dentals !! Alveolars !! Postalveolars !! Retroflex !! Palatals !! Velars !! Uvulars !! Glottals
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasals
| m̥ m ⟨ḿ m⟩
| 
| n̥ n ⟨ń n⟩
| 
| ɳ̊ ɳ ⟨ṇ́ ṇ⟩
| ɲ̥ ɲ ⟨ñ́ ñ⟩
| ŋ̊ ŋ ⟨ŋ́ ŋ⟩
| ɴ̥ ɴ ⟨ŋ̌ ŋ̀⟩
| 
|-
! rowspan="3" | Plosives
! Voiceless
| p p͡ɸ ⟨p p̀⟩
| 
| t ʦ ⟨t ŧ⟩
| ʧ ⟨ç⟩
| ʈ ʈ͡ʂ ⟨ṭ ç̇⟩
| ʨ ⟨ť⟩
| k k͡x ⟨k k̀⟩
| q q͡χ ⟨q q̀⟩
| 
|-
! Voiced
| b b͡β ⟨b b̀⟩
|
| d ʣ ⟨d đ⟩
| ʤ ⟨c⟩
| ɖ ɖ͡ʐ ⟨ḍ c̣⟩
| ʥ ⟨ď⟩
| ɡ ɡ͡ɣ ⟨g g̀⟩
| ɢ ɢ͡ʁ ⟨ġ ġ̖⟩
| 
|-
! Prenasalized
| ᵐp ᵐb ᵐp͡ɸ ᵐb͡β ⟨ṕ b́ p̌ b̌⟩
| 
| ⁿt ⁿd ⁿʦ ⁿʣ ⟨t́ d́ ŧ́ đ́⟩
| ⁿʧ ⁿʤ ⟨ḉ ć⟩
| ᶯʈ ᶯɖ ᶯʈ͡ʂ ᶯɖ͡ʐ ⟨ṭ́ ḍ́ ç̇́ ć̣⟩
| ⁿʨ ⁿʥ ⟨ť́ ď́⟩
| ᵑk ᵑg ᵑk͡x ᵑg͡ɣ ⟨ḱ ǵ ǩ ǧ⟩
| ᶰq ᶰɢ ᶰq͡χ ᶰɢ͡ʁ ⟨q́ ġ̗ q̌ ġ̭⟩
| 
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricatives
! Voiceless
| ɸ ⟨f⟩
| θ ⟨þ⟩
| s
| ʃ ⟨š⟩
| ʂ ⟨ṣ⟩
| ɕ ç ⟨ś x́⟩
| x ⟨x⟩
| χ ⟨x̀⟩
| h ⟨h⟩
|-
! Voiced
| β ⟨v⟩
| ð
| z
| ʒ ⟨ž⟩
| ʐ ⟨ẓ⟩
| ʑ ʝ ⟨ź ğ́⟩
| ɣ ⟨ğ⟩
| ʁ ⟨ğ̀⟩
| [ɦ]
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximants
| ʍ w ɥ̊ ɥ ⟨ẃ w w̋ ẅ⟩
| 
| 
| 
| 
| j<br>(ɥ̊ ɥ)
| (ʍ w)
| 
| 
|}


* /h/ is pronounced [ɦ] intervocalically
* Between two vowels or between a vowel and the start of a word, ⟨w ẅ⟩ are pronounced as [w ɥ], not [u y].
* Two identical consonants one after the other get pronounced as a geminated consonant.

=== Vowels ===
'''Sesje''' has a total of 30 vowels, 11 of which come in short and long varieties, and 5 of which are exclusively long.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" | !! Front !! Central !! Back
|-
! rowspan="2" | High
! Short
| i y ⟨i ẅ⟩
| ɨ ʉ ⟨u ü⟩
| ɯ u ⟨ï w⟩
|-
! Long
| iː yː ⟨ii ẅẅ⟩
| ɨː ʉː ⟨uu üü⟩
| ɯː uː ⟨ïï ww⟩
|-
! colspan="2" | Near-High
| ɪ ʏ ⟨î ẅ̂⟩
| ᵻ ᵿ ⟨û ü̂⟩
| ɯ̽ ʊ ⟨ï̂ ŵ⟩
|-
! rowspan="2" | Mid-High
! Short
| 
| ɵ ⟨ÿ̂⟩
| 
|-
! Long
| eː øː ⟨ee öö⟩
| ɘː ɵː ⟨yy ÿÿ⟩
| ɤː oː ⟨ëë oo⟩
|-
! colspan="2" | Mid
| 
| ǝ ⟨ŷ⟩
| 
|-
! colspan="2" | Mid-Low
| ɛ œ ⟨e ö⟩
| ɜ ɞ ⟨y ÿ⟩
| ʌ ɔ ⟨ë o⟩
|-
! rowspan="2" | Near-Low
! Short
| æ ɶ ⟨ê ö̂⟩
| ɐ ⟨ä⟩
| 
|-
! Long
| æː ɶː ⟨êê ö̂ö̂⟩
| ɐː ⟨ää⟩
| 
|-
! rowspan="2" | Low
! Short
| [a]
| 
| ɑ ɒ ⟨a â⟩
|-
! Long
| [aː]
| 
| ɑː ⟨aa⟩
|}

* Unstressed [ə] is elided in polysyllabic words.
* Vowels with circumflexes are unstressed variants of circumflexless vowels.
* [ɑ ɑː] may be realised as [a aː] by younger speakers.
* Two identical vowels in hiatus get pronounced as a long vowel.
* Long [ɪ ʏ ᵻ ᵿ ɯ̽ ʊ ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ ɒ] are realised as [iː yː ɨː ʉː ɯː uː eː øː ɘː ɵː ɤː oː ɑː]

== Sanesje and the Sesjan family ==

On 2024-06-26, a drive was initiated by [[Kakavasha|Aventurine]] to simplify Sesje to better suit the needs of the growing nation. Dubbed "Sanesje" as a pun on "sane" and "Sesje", this initiative initially birthed 6 daughter languages of Sesje:
* [[Xadwg]]
* [[Sarsotj]]
* [[Annwan-Sesje]]
* [[Szlanty-Sesje]]
* [[Zendrid-Sesje]]
* [[JJ-Sesje]]

On 2024-08-02, Sanesje attracted the attention of [[Elisa|Queen Elisa]] of [[Fishland]], who went ahead and created her own Sanesje, tentatively dubbed [[Elisa-Sanesje]].

On 2024-09-18, [[South Amuj|South Amujan]] Jukbuch [https://rentry.co/ian-cmc Ian] decided to make his own Sesjan language to separate South Amuj from [[North Amuj]], that language being [[Zanchulese]].

Later branches include [[Zushobese]] and [[Echaninese]], both spoken in [[Heufauna]] and later [[Dróstsiśtsi]].

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