Sesje
Sesje | |
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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 | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m̥ m ⟨hm m⟩ | n̥ n ⟨hn n⟩ | [ɲ] ⟨nj⟩ | [ŋ̊ ŋ] ⟨nk ng⟩ | ||
Plosive | p b | t d | ʧ ʤ ⟨ç/tj/kj c/dj/ɡj⟩ | k ɡ | ||
Fricative | s z | [ʃ ʒ ç] ⟨sj zj hj⟩ | h | |||
Liquid | j |
Cross-syllabic [tj kj] and [dj gj] 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].
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
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High | i | ɨ ⟨u⟩ | u ⟨w⟩ | |
Mid | ɛ ⟨e⟩ | ɜ ⟨y⟩ [ə] ⟨ŷ⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ | |
Low | 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.