Sesje
| Sesje | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Sesjan |
| 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 | 6 |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Recordkeeping and signage |
| Language code | SJE |
Sesje (natively: Esêêš Ooď [ˈɛ.sæːʃ oːʥ]) was a language spoken on the northern coast of the Amujan Sea and was an official language of The City State of Amuj until an announcement was made by the Kachbuches to replace it with Xadwg.
Phonology
Consonants
Sesje has a total of 85 consonants.
| 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⟩ | ||||
| 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] | |
| Approximants | ʍ w ɥ̊ ɥ ⟨ẃ w w̋ ẅ⟩ | j (ɥ̊ ɥ) |
(ʍ w) | |||||||
- /h/ is pronounced [ɦ] intervocalically
- 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 ŵ⟩ | |
| 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 ɶ ⟨ê ö̂⟩ | ɐ ⟨ä⟩ | |
| Long | æː ɶː ⟨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]
Sanesje and the Sesjan family
On 2024-06-26, a drive was initiated by Aventurine to simplify Sesje to better suit the needs of the growing nation. Dubbed "Sanesje" as a pun on "sane" and "Sesje", this initiative initially birthed 6 daughter languages of Sesje:
On 2024-08-02, Sanesje attracted the attention of Queen Elisa of Fishland, who went ahead and created her own Sanesje, tentatively dubbed Elisa-Sanesje.
On 2024-09-18, South Amujan Jukbuch Ian decided to make his own Sesjan language to separate South Amuj from North Amuj, that language being Zanchulese.