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 Ocŵgjîd [ˈɛ.sɛ.ˌʃɛ ˈɔ.ʤʊ.ˌʤɪd]) 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

Sesje has 14 base consonants and 20 allophonic consonants, for a total of 34 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

Sesje has 7 base vowels, 5 allophonic vowels, and 1 up-for-debate vowel, for a total of 12 or 13 total vowels.

		Front	Central	Back
High		i	ɨ ⟨u⟩	u ⟨w⟩
Near-High		ɪ ⟨î⟩	ᵻ ⟨û⟩	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 ɨ u] are pronounced as [ɪ ᵻ ʊ] when unstressed.