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| ɣ ⟨ğ⟩ | | ɣ ⟨ğ⟩ | ||
| ʁ ⟨ğ̀⟩ | | ʁ ⟨ğ̀⟩ | ||
| ɦ ⟨h⟩ | | [ɦ] ⟨h⟩ | ||
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! colspan="2" | Approximants | ! colspan="2" | Approximants |
Revision as of 22:27, 26 June 2024
Sesje | |
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Language family | Isolate |
Writing system | Sesje Script |
Official status | |
Spoken in | Amuj |
Regulated by | Casual Mitosis Collective |
Speaker | |
Demonym | Sesjen |
Endonym | Sêêš [ˈsæːʃ] |
Exonym | Sesje |
Number of speakers | 5 |
Technical information | |
Usage | Recordkeeping and signage |
Language code | SJE |
Sesje (natively: Esêêš Ooď [ˈɛ.sæːʃ oːʥ]) is a language isolate spoken on the northern coast of the Amujan Sea and is an official language of The City State of Amuj.
Phonology
Consonants
Sesje has a total of 85 consonants.
Labial | Dentals | Alveolars | Postalveolars | Retroflex | Palatals | Velars | Uvulars | Glottals | ||
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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⟩ | ||||
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⟩ | |||
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] ⟨h⟩ | |
Approximants | ʍ w ɥ̊ ɥ ⟨ẃ w w̋ ẅ⟩ | j (ɥ̊ ɥ) |
(ʍ w) |
- 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.
Front | Central | Back | ||
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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⟩ | |
Near-High | ɪ ʏ ⟨î ẅ̂⟩ | ᵻ ᵿ ⟨û ü̂⟩ | ɯ̽ ʊ ⟨ï̂ û⟩ | |
Mid-High | Short | ɵ ⟨ÿ̂⟩ | ||
Long | eː øː ⟨ee öö⟩ | ɘː ɵː ⟨yy ÿÿ⟩ | ɤː oː ⟨ëë oo⟩ | |
Mid | ǝ ⟨ŷ⟩ | |||
Mid-Low | ɛ œ ⟨e ö⟩ | ɜ ɞ ⟨y ÿ⟩ | ʌ ɔ ⟨ë o⟩ | |
Near-Low | Short | æ ɶ̝ ⟨ê ö̂⟩ | ɐ ⟨ä⟩ | |
Long | æː ɶ̝ː ⟨êê ö̂ö̂⟩ | ɐː ⟨ää⟩ | ||
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]