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| t d [ʦ ʣ] ⟨t d ts dz⟩
| t d [ʦ ʣ] ⟨t d ts dz⟩
| ʧ ʤ ⟨ç/tj/kj/tsj c/dj/gj/dzj⟩
| ʧ ʤ ⟨ç c⟩
| [ʨ ʥ] ⟨çj/tçjh/tsçj cj/dcjh/dzcj⟩
| [ʨ ʥ] ⟨çj cj⟩
| k ɡ
| k ɡ
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! colspan="2" | [[w:Fricative|Fricative]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Fricative|Fricative]]
| [ɸ β] ⟨ph bh⟩
| [ɸ β] ⟨ph bh⟩
| [θ ð] ⟨th/phj dh/bhj⟩
| [θ ð] ⟨th dh⟩
| s z
| s z
| [ʃ ʒ] ⟨sj/çh/sç/stj/skj/stsj zj/ch/zc/zdj/zgj/zdzj
| [ʃ ʒ] ⟨sj zj⟩
| [ɕ ʑ ç ʝ] ⟨çjh/sçj cjh/zcj hj/khj ghj⟩
| [ɕ ʑ ç ʝ] ⟨çjh cjh hj ghj⟩
| [x ɣ] ⟨kh gh⟩
| [x ɣ] ⟨kh gh⟩
| h [ɦ] ⟨h h⟩
| h [ɦ] ⟨h h⟩
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! colspan="2" | High
! colspan="2" | High
| i [y] ⟨i iw⟩
| i [y] ⟨i iw⟩
| ɨ [ʉ] ⟨u/ui uw⟩
| ɨ [ʉ] ⟨u uw⟩
| [ɯ] u ⟨wi w⟩
| [ɯ] u ⟨wi w⟩
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! colspan="2" | Near-High
! colspan="2" | Near-High
| [ɪ ʏ] ⟨î îw/iŵ⟩
| [ɪ ʏ] ⟨î îw⟩
| [ᵻ ᵿ] ⟨û/ûi/uî ûw/uŵ⟩
| [ᵻ ᵿ] ⟨û ûw⟩
| [ɯ̽ ʊ] ⟨ŵi/wî ŵ⟩
| [ɯ̽ ʊ] ⟨ŵi ŵ⟩
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! colspan="2" | Mid
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! colspan="2" | Low-Mid
! colspan="2" | Low-Mid
| ɛ [œ] ⟨e ew/io⟩
| ɛ [œ] ⟨e io⟩
| ɜ [ɞ] ⟨y/ue uo⟩
| ɜ [ɞ] ⟨y uo⟩
| [ʌ] ɔ ⟨we/oi o⟩
| [ʌ] ɔ ⟨oi o⟩
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! colspan="2" | Near-Low
! colspan="2" | Near-Low
| [æ ɶ̝] ⟨ê êw/eŵ/îo/iô⟩
| [æ ɶ̝] ⟨ê îo⟩
| [ɐ] ⟨ua⟩
| [ɐ] ⟨ua⟩
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| ɑ [ɒ] ⟨a/ŵe/wê/ôi/oî ô/â⟩
| ɑ [ɒ] ⟨a â⟩
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Revision as of 13:24, 21 April 2024

Sesje
Language familyIsolate
Writing systemSesje Script
Official status
Spoken inAmuj
Regulated byCasual Mitosis Collective
Speaker
DemonymSesyen
EndonymSesjê [ˈsɛ.ʃæ]
ExonymSesye
Number of speakers1
Technical information
UsageRecordkeeping and signage
Language codeSJE


Sesje (natively: Esêsjê Ocŵgjîd [ˈɛ.sæ.ˌʃæ 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 23 allophonic consonants, for a total of 37 consonants.

Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal [m̥] m ⟨hm m⟩ [n̥] n ⟨hn n⟩ [ɲ̥ ɲ] ⟨nhj nj⟩ [ŋ̊ ŋ] ⟨nk ng⟩
Plosive p b t d [ʦ ʣ] ⟨t d ts dz⟩ ʧ ʤ ⟨ç c⟩ [ʨ ʥ] ⟨çj cj⟩ k ɡ
Fricative [ɸ β] ⟨ph bh⟩ [θ ð] ⟨th dh⟩ s z [ʃ ʒ] ⟨sj zj⟩ [ɕ ʑ ç ʝ] ⟨çjh cjh hj ghj⟩ [x ɣ] ⟨kh gh⟩ h [ɦ] ⟨h h⟩
Liquid w j (w)

Consonant clusters are only allowed at the end of a word if the constituent consonants used to surround an elided [ə], and even then, the consonants may swap to make either an allophone or a more easily pronounced consonant cluster.
The consonants [m̥ n̥ ɲ̊ ɲ ŋ̊ ŋ ʦ ʣ ʨ ʥ ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ç ʝ x ɣ ɦ] can only appear cross-syllabically, meaning across syllables, or at the end of a syllable that used to have an elided vowel [ə].
Between two vowels or between a vowel and the start of a word, ⟨w⟩ is pronounced as [w], not [u].


Vowels

Sesje has 7 base vowels, 17 allophonic vowels, and 1 up-for-debate vowel, for a total of 24 or 25 total vowels.

Front Central Back
High i [y] ⟨i iw⟩ ɨ [ʉ] ⟨u uw⟩ [ɯ] u ⟨wi w⟩
Near-High [ɪ ʏ] ⟨î îw⟩ [ᵻ ᵿ] ⟨û ûw⟩ [ɯ̽ ʊ] ⟨ŵi ŵ⟩
Mid [ə] ⟨ŷ⟩
Low-Mid ɛ [œ] ⟨e io⟩ ɜ [ɞ] ⟨y uo⟩ [ʌ] ɔ ⟨oi o⟩
Near-Low [æ ɶ̝] ⟨ê îo⟩ [ɐ] ⟨ua⟩
Low [a] ɑ [ɒ] ⟨a â⟩

Unstressed [ə] is elided in polysyllabic words.
Vowels with circumflexes, i.e. [ɪ ᵻ ʊ ə æ ɒ], are allophones of [i ɨ u ɜ ɛ ɑ ɔ] when unstressed.
[ɑ] may be realised as [a] by younger speakers.