Sékyoj [SEKYJ]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersSékyoj is spoken by a population of around 760,000,000 in Karogyko.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sékyoj
An artlang for a webcomic I'm creating that involves a speaker of humanoid aliens.
Some Features
- VOS Word Order
- Base 9 Number System
- Adjectival Content In Verbs (Verbs ending in /e/)
- No Grammatical Gender or Gendered Words with exception to Scientific Words, i.e. Regarding Biological Sex).
- Four Grammatical Moods (Indicative, Interrogative, Potential, and Imperative).
Some Features
- VOS Word Order
- Base 9 Number System
- Adjectival Content In Verbs (Verbs ending in /e/)
- No Grammatical Gender or Gendered Words with exception to Scientific Words, i.e. Regarding Biological Sex).
- Four Grammatical Moods (Indicative, Interrogative, Potential, and Imperative).
Sample of Sékyoj[view] nobonnu nagúkór pag síkonne ssa sasoris pag kwaiz nagú kokou. joji za gennú kokou ssa maruz pag morez pag nú pagayez wou.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Tsékyo (Tsékyo)This dialect of Sékyoj contains more of the original forms of words within the language before many influences of other Foi languages (such as Dalao). Tsékyo also contains the original pronunciations of some consonants which have shifted pronunciation or have been rendered obsolete such as /s/ (ts) and /z/ (dz).
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | (n)1 | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | pʰ | b | c | ɟ | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | ð | [s]2 | [z]3 | ɕ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ʎ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /θ/
- allophone of /ð/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sékyoj. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SékyojOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| c c oco /ʔ/ | é é é /æ/ | e e e /e/ | í í í /ɪ/ | i i i /i/ | ú ú ú /ɯ/ | u u u /u/ | o o o /o/ | ó ó ó /ɔ/ | a a a /ä/ | p p peyo /pʰ/ |
| b b beyo /b/ | ky ky kyeo /c/ | j j jeyo /d͡ʑ/ | k k keyo /k/ | g g geyo /g/ | n n neyo /ɲ/ | m m meyo /m/ | nn nn nneyo /ŋ/ | r r reyo /ɹ/ | f f feyo /ɸ/ | v v veyo /β/ |
| s s seyo /θ/ | z z zeyo /ð/ | q q qeyo /t͡ɕ/ | gy gy gyeo /ɟ/ | ss ss sseyo /ɕ/ | y y yeyo /j/ | h h heyo /h/ | l l leyo /ʎ/ | w w weo /w/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
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