Sesje

Sesje
Language family	Isolate
Writing system	Sesje Script
Official status
Spoken in	Amuj
Regulated by	Casual Mitosis Collective
Speaker
Number of speakers	1
Technical information
Usage	Recordkeeping and signage
Language code	SJE

Sesje (natively: Esesje Ocwgjid [ˈɛ.sɛ.ˌʃɛ ˈɔ.ʤu.ˌʤid]) is a language isolate spoken on the northeastern coast of the Sea of Fortune and is the official language of the city state of Amuj.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m̥ m ⟨hm m⟩		n̥ n ⟨hn n⟩		[ɲ] ⟨nj⟩	[ŋ̊ ŋ] ⟨nk ng⟩
Plosive		p b		t d [ʦ ʣ] ⟨t d ts dz⟩	ʧ ʤ ⟨ç/tj/kj c/dj/gj⟩	ʨ ʥ ⟨çj cj⟩	k ɡ
Fricative		[ɸ β] ⟨ph bh⟩	[θ ð] ⟨th dh⟩	s z	[ʃ ʒ] ⟨sj/çh zj/ch⟩	[ç] ⟨hj⟩	[x ɣ] ⟨kh gh⟩	h
Liquid						j

Cross-syllabic [tj kj] and [dj ɡj] merge with pre-existing [ʧ] and [ʤ].
Cross-syllabic [nj sj zj hj] become allophones [ɲ ʃ ʒ ç].
Cross-syllabic [ng] becomes allophone [ŋ].
Cross-syllabic [hm hn nk] become allophones [m̥ n̥ ŋ̊].
Cross-syllabic [ph bh th dh ʧh ʤh kh ɡh] become allophones [ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ x ɣ]
Cross-syllabic [ʧj ʤj] become allophones [ʨ ʥ].
Cross-syllabic [ts dz] become allophones [ʦ ʣ].

Vowels

		Front	Central	Back
High		i	ɨ ⟨u⟩	u ⟨w⟩
Near-High		ɪ ⟨î⟩		ʊ ⟨ŵ⟩
Mid		ɛ ⟨e⟩	[ə] ⟨ŷ⟩	ɔ ⟨o⟩
Low		[a]	ɜ ⟨y⟩	ɑ ⟨a⟩ [ɒ] ⟨ô/â⟩

• [ɑ] may be pronounced as [a] by younger speakers.
• [ɜ] is pronounced as [ə] when unstressed.
• [ɔ ɑ] are pronounced as [ɒ] when unstressed.
• [i u] are pronounced as [ɪ ʊ] when unstressed.