Sesje
| Sesje | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Isolate |
| Writing system | Sesje Script |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Amuj |
| Regulated by | Casual Mitosis Collective |
| Speaker | |
| Demonym | Sesjen |
| Endonym | Seeš [ˈseːʃ] |
| 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.
ǃ rowspan="3" | Plosives ǃ | Voiceless ǃ | Voiced ǃ | Prenasalized ǃ rowspan="2" | Fricatives ǃ | Voicless ǃ | Voiced| Labial | Dentals | Alveolars | Postalveolars | Retroflex | Palatals | Velars | Uvulars | Glottals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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⟩ | ||||
| p p͡ɸ ⟨p p̀⟩ | t ʦ ⟨t ŧ⟩ | ʧ ⟨ç⟩ | ʈ ʈ͡ʂ ⟨ṭ ç̇⟩ | ʨ ⟨ť⟩ | k k͡x ⟨k k̀⟩ | q q͡χ ⟨q q̀⟩ | ||||
| b b͡β ⟨b b̀⟩ | d ʣ ⟨d đ⟩ | ʤ ⟨c⟩ | ɖ ɖ͡ʐ ⟨ḍ c̣⟩ | ʥ ⟨ď⟩ | ɡ ɡ͡ɣ ⟨g g̀⟩ | ɢ ɢ͡ʁ ⟨ġ ġ̖⟩ | ||||
| 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⟩ | ||||
| ɸ ⟨f⟩ | θ ⟨þ⟩ | s | ʃ ⟨š⟩ | ʂ ⟨ṣ⟩ | ɕ ç ⟨ś x́⟩ | x ⟨x⟩ | χ ⟨x̀⟩ | h ⟨h⟩ | ||
| β ⟨v⟩ | ð | z | ʒ ⟨ž⟩ | ʐ ⟨ẓ⟩ | ʑ ʝ ⟨ź ğ́⟩ | ɣ ⟨ğ⟩ | ʁ ⟨ğ̀⟩ | ɦ ⟨h⟩ | ||
| Approximant | ʍ w ɥ̊ ɥ ⟨ẃ w w̋ ẅ⟩ | j (ɥ̊ ɥ) |
(ʍ 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 ɳ̊ ɳ ɲ̊ ɲ ŋ̊ ŋ ɴ̥ ɴ ʦ ʣ ʈ ɖ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ ʨ ʥ q ɢ ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ɦ ʍ w] 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 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]